"What the..." Mushy muttered as she clicked the notification,"It can't be. Rose, in fire? No." She said in complete disbelief.
"I know you might not believe it, but neither can I since even her remains aren't found. The blast was really loud, and it even shook all the areas near it. I am sure you might have seen, smelled, or sensed it." A message arrived.
" I did all three while being like 700 miles away. It is so tragic. It must have killed many, but Rose can't be one of them." Mushy texted back and switched off her phone.
"I knew it. All four of you will die someday if you keep it up. I am disappointed but not surprised." Mushy whispered to herself.
.....
"I am sorry." Dazai said to Ash, who stood at the corner of her office, her eyes glued to the screen, which displayed news. She had her jaw clenched.
"How can they publish fake news! Who allowed them? I am going to sue them." Ash said, her voice shooked because of fury . All of their colleagues were gathered around Ash.
"Ash, weren't you friends with her for business purposes only?" A random colleague asked. Anger boiled inside Ash, but she was grateful that whoever asked it was somewhere behind in the crowd and defened with rage she didn't recognise voice. Otherwise, she would have been fired and charged with murder.
"Guys, please get back to work. Let's give her some time alone." Dazai suggested, but it sounded more like an order. Everyone dispersed at once. Dazai looked one last time at Anna and then went to his desk and submerged himself in his papers.
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"Mary, it's all because of you. Dead or alive a pain in the..." Anna was cut off by Sephr, who informed her that it's her turn.
"May i come in?" Anna asked.
"Enter." Sebastian replied.
"You called me?"
"You saved her?"
"You knew?"
"You tried to hide it?"
"It was obvious?"
"All I can say is if you were my employee, you would have been fired or dead, but lucky for you, you aren't. You have a week to prove yourself. After that, consider yourself disinherited." Sebastian was really disappointed.
"Yes, okay."Anna replied and exited room.
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"I don't understand." Hazy said as she looked at the news. "Anna said she would be alive."
"You should go and get rid of Mary, my lady. If Sire finds out about her, we will both be done for it." The most faithful servant of Hazy suggested and warned at the same time.
"No, not at all, Eleanor, my dear, you are the only one who might moan my death, but she, on the other hand, is only one who will average my death. She might wake up after hearing this news, but it will be hard to make her believe that it was not my fault and that I should not be the one to be punished." Hazy answered.
"I am sorry, my lady, but is it OK to make a stranger stay at Palace. You live here with a high security system to avoid strangers, but why are you doing this? You don't even know her." Eleanor asked.
"I know it. I know it all, Elena. Trust me. Just like me, she was a loser in her father's eye, but she was to become his successer. She wanted to prove herself, and she asked Sullivian how she could do that. Suvillian, being like the king or my father, told her to betray her only and best friend. Blinded by false hope, she obliged but almost died. I found her and put an already dead and deceased person where she was. it was easy because there was a gun fight there, and corpses were scattered all around, which were yet to be decomposed. I could feel her heartbeat, so I brought her here. She is also hungry for love just as I am. She had Rose to love her, but I don't, so I stole Rose." Hazy said with smirk. " Anna just went with my plan unknowingly. It was all really easy. I am the only one who can love Mary now, so she will have to love me back."