The Missing piece

Chapter 5: City of Anger

In the other side of this world, there was a boy named Evander, twenty -four years old boy, he lived in a very strict family, his parents were part of the government of the city, "city of Anger " , his father was the minister of security and his mom was the minister of culture. Evander was just a normal guy, but wicked he knew no love or affection, his parents made sure to make him like that, so he could inherit their position and get a job in the government where there was no place of love or emotions only hate, anger and seriousness. Evander wasn't just a normal guy - if we considered the normal what's matching with norms other average people around work by- Although his parents didn't gave him the love and attention he deserved, he found other things to love and to take care of, books, he loved everything that had a relationship with books, especially the old and classical ones, he was in love with its authentic smell and the feeling of touching its itchy cover that gave you the sensation of nostalgia, he also was writing but his writings were all dark and pessimistic mostly the feelings he had and couldn't talk to anyone about it, a piece of paper and a pen were his only way to express himself, and escape reality. Evander was also interested in culture, since his mom was the headmaster in that field, she was the one who encouraged him to start reading but only what she wanted him to read she didn't knew that he will go even more further, he started reading poets, novels, fantasy everything that got his attention so he replaced the love of his parents with the love of books the only ones who wouldn't lie to him or leave or even judge they just give, maybe information and maybe even a new and better personality it all depends on the quality of the books, and Evander was smart enough to chose his books wisely; Evander had only one friend, who he barely saw; they used to meet only in school where there were also some strict and hard rules.

William was a nice guy, shares the same interest of books with Evander, and they shared their secrets too, or most of them. At school William was the popular kid, since his father was the principal, and his pleasant face and irresistible smile got the attention of every girl in school, except the one he wanted "Elena" once she entered the room it was like a shining star come in, or at least that was what William saw, that was the only secret he was hiding from his best friend. Elena was Evander's ex-girlfriend if a less than two months relationship counts as a relationship. Elena was the only person who could break Evander's walls which he built when he saw that people who supposed to give him love couldn't, how could he? With time suddenly he found himself falling for her but she had no idea that beyond those walls there was an angry creature with huge problems of self esteem and affection, what he thought was love, was actually just attachment, he just got used to have her around and present. He couldn't give something he never lived or felt, then the relationship ended quickly for the sake of both their hearts.

Evander decided to keep himself occupied with other stuff (books) that distract him from the school trauma or the drama that everyone was drowning in. He didn't have full access to all the books he wanted, he used to get them from the big library but there was that section that always kept him wondering what was there. When he asked, everyone kept preventing him from going there and of course Evander wasn't a fan of rules, he found himself a way to that room and the thing he was doing was forbidden, the only person who knew about the forbidden books was William, so Evander had to hide them away, he found a place that no one can think off, in the ethic which was always closed, he built his own library but the forbidden books he couldn't just show them like that, so he built another one, a secret place behind the library only him knew the key to it. The forbidden books were hidden in the big library in the middle of the city since books considered like the power of it, the people of the city believed that without books and good education everything will fall apart and it will be just a city full of stupid people one kills the other, where there will be only anarchy and chaos. They were worshiping books and the power of them, so they couldn't burn the forbidden ones or just throw them away they decided to put the books in a room with giant security mans but this didn't stop Evander from getting them, he found a secret tunnel that leads to that room, he took what he could hold, and left the others until another time , all the books he was reading were writing with a fascinating handwriting ,and a magical style, makes you live the story and feel like you are the main character, until one day he found a heavy book, named ''Ulysses'', it was so old and some part of it was ripped ,someone cut them off, he didn't know the reasons, only God knew. So he decided to read it right away, he was so excited to know what the story of that mysterious book was. When he was just about to open the book, he heard footsteps in front of the door, someone was coming into the forbidden room, for a second he didn't knew what to do then he put the book under his jacket and run with all power he had in his legs towards that tunnel and he closed it behind him, because he know if they found him there, that will be his end. But instead of going all the way out and escape he stayed there to listen to those people who come in. At first he didn't hear properly what they were saying but then he heard the voice of his mother getting louder, like she was having a fight with the other person.

· You know about the boy, we should tell him.

· No we won't, we've been faking that for 20 years I'm sure we can keep doing it. Evander's mother said.

· What about "Ulysses" shouldn't we tell the boy about him?

Evander heard another voice saying with a very loud and scary tone that made his bones shake in his place:

· How dare you mention his name, Get out of here; the room is named forbidden for a reason, go somewhere else and solve your problems.

Evander had no clue what just happened, who was the boy his mother was talking about? What they were faking all this time? Who was the angry man, who got the courage to talk with government staff like that? A plenty of questions was playing with his head, and he couldn't answer any of them.

Although the thing that really got his attention was the name of Ulysses, which was the same name he saw on that book he got under his jacket, after this weird conversation he just heard, he become more interested in the story of this man, and read that book immediately, but not in that small tunnel obviously, he come out after he made sure there was no one there, the weird thing he notice was, when he heard footsteps walking out and the door closed after them, the other angry guy didn't went out, so Evander was afraid of coming out but his excitement and curiosity was more stronger than his fear so he got out of the tunnel and jumped down; Fortunately there were no one there not even the creepy guy, he pulled the book from under his jacket and opened it, and then it happened, the thing he would never expect to happen, the book slipped from his hands with force and fall down then the papers start going back to the first page, Evander had no clue what happened until he got sucked into the book and become slightly part of it not as a character but as an observer to the events in the book, it was like magic that Evander could not resist how fascinating it was.