Selina was looking down when a pair of feet came to her sight . She looked up only to find Pierce staring at her with a questioning gaze . She hurriedly held the file towards Pierce and said in a low voice , " Rain sent this for you . "
Pierce looked at the file and then fixed his eyes on her again but he didn't make any attempt to collect the file from her .
" Why aren't you taking it ? Take it , I need to go . " , she said extending the file a bit more . Selina couldn't anticipate Pierce's actions . She just wanted to leave from there as soon as possible . Finally Pierce reached out his hand but instead of taking the file he grabbed Selina's wrist and dragged her into his room . Even before Selina could react she was already trapped between Pierce and the door which Pierce has closed just now ....her hands were pinned on the door by Pierce .
" What are you doing ? Let me go . Leave me . " , Selina said in her cracking voice while trying to break free from his grip .
" What's the hurry ? " , Pierce said leaning towards her .
" Pierce , behave yourself . " , Selina was very nervous . She never thought that she would have to face Pierce ever again in her life and that too in this manner .
" I know very well how to behave . And , don't you think , this is the most suitable way to behave with you ? " , he said in a sarcastic tone .
" Forget about the past . Live a happy life with Rain ..."
" Oh please , at least you don't tell me what I should do . " , Pierce cut her off .
Selina was struggling nonstop . Pierce said coldly , " Stay still . "
Selina stopped struggling and asked , " W...what do y....you want ? "
" Compensation ...what else ? "
" What are you talking about ? "
" You know very well what I'm talking about . Don't you think you should pay for what you did ? " , Pierce's tone was ruthless .
" Pierce , you never gave me any chance to explain . Let me explain ...."
" There's nothing to explain . All these years you are trying your best not to face me . Did you really think that I can forget everything just because you are avoiding me ? " , he stopped after speaking for so long and again continued , " Listen , I can never forget and you know what ? Your very existence doesn't let me forget . So why don't you compensate me ? " , saying that Pierce leaned towards her , she started struggling again .
" Pierce , please let me go . " , her eyes were on the verge of crying .
" Why are you struggling this much ? You are familiar with my closeness very well . Aren't you ? " , Pierce said with an emotionless voice .
Selina didn't want to take things further , she closed her eyes to accept whatever was going to come when she heard Pierce saying , " Get out . "
She opened her eyes and looked up at Pierce . Pierce stepped back from her and said again , " Get out . "
Selina opened the door and left without looking back again .
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Next morning
Dark Soul Base
A man was waiting impatiently for the door of his room to be opened from outside . He was recalling yesterday's incidents . It was just a normal day at the hospital . He wasn't very busy in his cabin when he heard a knock on his door . Without much thought he asked the person to come in , a young man , dressed in black , entered . He could easily guess that the person who entered his cabin was not a normal client . And the person himself didn't beat around the bush either . He straightforwardly stated what he wanted .
And after that , who knew that he would end up here ?
He heard the door opening . The next moment a different man entered the room and approached him . He waited for the man to speak first .
The man said , " Sit down . "
After both of them sat down the man said , " I heard that you willingly came here . I must say that you are smart enough not to go into a fight against us . Anyway , since you've already agreed to come to our side there must be something that you want from us as well . Isn't it ? "
" Of course , I do . "
" Say it then . "
" I don't want this kind of life . It wasn't my choice to become like this in the first place . I hate feeding on other people's life forces . But I don't have any other option , that's the only thing that can keep me alive . The young man who went to the hospital yesterday , I suppose , he was your friend . I knew that he was a Dark Soul . I know that you guys can give me the thing that I want . So I came with him . " , he breathed hard after talking for so long .
" And in exchange what will you give us ? "
" Anything that's in my limits . "
" Interesting ...I am ready to make the deal with you but you'll need to follow certain restrictions for that . Will you agree ? "
" I can guess your restrictions and I'll agree to them . "
" Good . I'll ask Aaron to send you back . " , the man was about to go when he said , " So his name was Aaron . What's yours ? I'm Dr. Clark by the way . "
" It's Shawn . "
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" Ryan , you really don't want to see the exhibition ? " , Ammie asked .
As promised Ryan was accompanying Ammie to the science exhibition . Ammie was trying to persuade Ryan to see the exhibition but Ryan was not interested .
" Darling , I'm not into those things . So I'm not going inside the hall . I'll just take you there safely and you can enjoy as much as you want . And when you're done let me know , I'll take you back as well . " , Ryan said .
" Okay . " , Ammie said with a pout .
This part of the town was not so deserted , there were many stores and residential buildings at the sides of the street ; Though there weren't many cars on the road there were enough people to make it a normal looking busy town . Ryan and Ammie were passing by a restaurant with their usual teasing and laughing . Two pair of eyes were staring at them from two different sites . Each pair of eyes had fixed their gaze on one particular person . The pair of eyes that was staring at Ammie had the most precious love possible in the world..... ...and the eyes on Ryan had some unrecognisable emotion .
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Outside the exhibition Hall
" Okay Ryan , since you won't come I'll go inside . " , Ammie said .
Ryan nodded at her just then a familiar figure who was coming out of the hall caught his attention . In an instant his eyes became sharp . The figure also noticed him and started approaching him slowly .
Ryan said to Ammie , " Stay behind me . " , he glared at the person who just stopped in front of him .
" Hello Ryan . " , the person said softly but Ryan spoke up through greeted teeth , " What the hell are you doing here ? "
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Enilese was on her duty , she was watching everything around her . There were very few people around her . She was leaning against a tree at the side of the street . Some times later . A middle aged man was passing by the road , a photo fell from his jacket . She noticed that and called out to him , " Sir , you dropped something . "
But the man didn't seem to hear her voice . The man was walking very fast , so she ran behind him , picked up the photo and called him again , " Sir , wait , you dropped your photo . "
The person seemed to hear her this time . He stopped walking and slowly turned around . Enilese held out the photo towards the man . The man took the photo in a snatching manner . Then he just turned back and started walking again without saying anything , as if nothing happened just now .
Enilese didn't like it at all . She spoke up in a displeased voice , " Wait . "
The man stopped again and looked at her , Enilese was approaching him . But even before she could go near him the person said , " Don't come closer . "
Enilese frowned a bit but didn't move further .
" What do you want ? " , the man asked not in a rude manner .
" May be a brief thanks . And by the way , why are you maintaining distance from me ? Do you think you'll get some contagious disease from me ? " , she said .
The man replied , " Thank you so much . And .... about the contagious disease thing ....I have such disease and I don't want to pass it on others . " , with that he left .
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Back to Ryan
" Isn't it obvious ? I came to enjoy the exhibition . Anyway I didn't know that you also take interest in these kind of things . " , the person said with an amused smile .
" I don't have time to listen to your nonsense . Get lost from here . " , there were other people around them , so they were talking in low voices . Behind Ryan , Ammie had no idea what was happening between Ryan and the person .
" I don't think , you own this town , Ryan . And you don't need to react this much . I just came to attend the exhibition , I didn't come to murder someone . "
" You know better than anyone that you can't be trusted when it comes to women . "
That person smirked and replied , " You are not wrong . For your information , I've already seen the exhibition , I was leaving anyway . Just thought of saying hello to you . "
" You've already said hello so now leave . "
" I'll but I'm a well mannered guy after all . Let me say hello to your guest at least . " saying that the person leaned their head to the side so that he could see Ammie . He said with a smile , " Hello young lady , would you like to say hello to me ? "
Ryan said , " Don't cross your limit , Adrian . " , he looked at Ammie who was thinking hard about what to do ; She was looking at both of the men when Ryan said to her , " Go inside . "
She nodded and looked at Adrian for the last time before going inside the hall .
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Enilese's duty was about to be over . Today nothing special happened except for her encounter with the man . ' The man said that he had some kind of contagious disease . It was a bit weird that he confessed about having the disease just when I mentioned about it . But when he took the photo from me , in every way he tried to avoid skin contact with me . Most probably he was saying truth . ' , she thought to herself .
Her train of thoughts suddenly stopped as she felt a different kind of touch on the bare skin of her hand . Out of reflex she pulled out her hand .
A shock wave ran through her body when she saw the one who just touched her .