The brothers were staring at the timer as the sand keeps flowing down.
"She's gone!" Lothaire spoke.
Suddenly, Xenon began laughing, his thunderous laughter vibrated around the room.
Maxwell looked at his brother in confusion, glaring at him. "What are you laughing at—?"
"You guys are fools! How can you get tricked by that old hag? What an old woman can do to our place? Does she even have the power to burn this whole place down?" Xenon asked, the amusement never leaving his face.
Maxwell shook his head, was thinking of those times when he can say for himself that Esmeralda has some hidden power beneath those frail expression of hers.
Through the years, Esmeralda never uses her true power.
