"Did you finally find the time to visit me? I thought you forgot all about me and our promise."
The lone prisoner in the room was clamped tightly to the wall, and she looked tired. Lea's eyesight was sharp enough to see in the darkness, and she noticed how hollow her once friend had become.
The female who was tied up to the bed and given limited freedom was Rucha Ivanova, the lead scientist of the underworld.
She was also one of the only people who had ever looked Lea in the eye and gotten a straight and genuine answer from her about her true nature.
In a sense, Rucha had come as close as a human could to become Lea's friend and comrade she respected.
"I told you before, right? Your interests would lead you to trouble, and you may even die because of it one day. But you were too proud of your intelligence even to consider my words as important."
