"Sir, we have a visitor" A Gamma said through the mind link.
"Who is he?" Raymond asked, rushing out of his seat to the window as he looked out to see who the person was.
"She says you are expecting her, Alpha" The Gamma replied.
"Everyone, Alpha mode initiated immediately " Raymond said to the general mind link.
"Bring her in, Luke." He said to the Gamma, telling Darius to come to his office.
He sat down in his seat, taking deep breaths. He sent a message to Margaret saying the package had arrived. Although, she had told them how to deal with the witch, he felt her presence would speed things up for him.
"Relax, Ray. We have the witch now-" Darius said
"My name's Lily, not 'The Witch'" A slim, really beautiful lady said as she stood by the open door. The men looked at her in awe...well all except Raymond who looked skeptical.
He stood up from his seat, walking towards the lady.
"It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Lily. I'm Raymond Brooks." He said putting his hand forward for a handshake, which she returned.. lightly.
"Mm, you are really everything they said.." Lily said thoughtfully.
"Everything they said?" Raymond asked in confusion as he led her to the mini conference room adjoining his office. Darius following behind.
"Yeah, everything." She said nodding her head, giving him a once over. " You look good, but not good enough for your mate, in my humble opinion, of course." She said muttering 'thank you' as she sat in the seat Ray pulled out..
"And if I may ask, Miss Lily. Why would you say that? Don't you think its a little too earlier to make such assumptions? We just met." He gave her a small smile, which she returned, placing her hand on his intertwined ones.
"I wasn't born today, Raymond. But trust me it's not your fault..it's your dad's. I heard you've refused to snuff him out, which pisses me off. All I can ask is; whenever you do, be sure to make it grand."
Raymond could swear he has never been this confused in his entire life. He knows his father is a jerk but he didn't think it applied to everyone else. Worse still, how does everyone know his business? No matter how angry he wanted to feel, he couldn't. They are the royal family, it's like living in a house made of glass.
"Well uh, I've heard. Although I still find it weird that a lot of people know about my business. It's okay. Let's get down to business, shall we?" He said turning to look at her and Darius.
' Where's Margaret?' Raymond asked Darius through the mind link.
'On her way.'
"Alright. I believe you know why you were invited" As she nodded, he continued. "So you have a plan then?"
"Yeah, I do actually. But this is a very dicey mission. It's like brushing elbows with Hades." She said leaning forward.
"Yes, I understand that. But so long as you use your light magic, everything should be fine, right? We just need you to-'"
"I know what you need me to do, Raymond." She interjected. "And I can do it, but no matter what, do not let me use my black magic. If possible take me away from the site before I could be forced to use it. That wouldn't be a pretty sight, you know."
"Yes, Miss Lily. I am fully aware of that. So I got someone knowledgeable to shadow you during the entire process, keeping you out of trouble.."
"Keep me out of trouble?" She scoffed. "So that's why you called that small witch? Tsk tsk tsk, And here I am thinking you were smarter" she said shaking her head
"Wiser?.. No wait! What I meant was, she would be shadowing you..like assisting you and helping you out when things get heated. I do not doubt your capabilities, My lady." He said giving her a sly smile.
"Teasing me now, I see. Anyway, when are we leaving for the city? Let's get this show on the road."
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"Hmm, I haven't seen an act this tricky in years." Lily said touching the walls of the bathroom.
"What do you mean?" Raymond asked, not leaving his spot.
"When dark magic wasn't so..dark, teleportation was one of the most sophisticated and recognized trick. It had different dimensions and the dimension that seems to have been used here is in a very high level.-"
"- I must give it to the person though, he's got balls. I doubt we'd be able to find the perpetrator. It's been a while since she was taken, so I think Hades must have caught up to him first." She said turning to Raymond.
"So, you do not recognize this act? I heard everyone's act is unique." Raymond enquired still standing by the door.
"Yeah, you heard correctly. But, this place has been cleared and cleaned already. Whatever scent or aura I should have gotten has faded. All I can tell you right now is that the dimension used is of a high status."
"Can you perform this same trick?" Raymond asked.
"Yeah, I can. But not up to this level." She turned to look around the toilet once more. " I think we should start searching for the veil." She said turning back to Raymond.
"Uhh..amd how are we supposed to do that? Wait it doesn't require dark magic right?"
"No, it doesn't, but we'd have to drive around so that I can place tracking spells all over the town."
"Hmmm, you didn't mention that part earlier." He asked as he looked gave her a skeptical look.
"Yeah, and you didn't mention the part where you'd question my every action" She snapped right back.
"I'm not questioning you, Lily. I'm only making inquiries, asking questions. I'm sure you would have done worse in my shoes. I'm really sorry if that offends you, but for the sake of my sanity, I have to ask questions."
"It's okay, I understand. We have to do it that way, it's more effective and I didn't say anything earlier because I didn't remember it. Okay?"
"Thank you very much."
"Alright then, let's begin. Your city is huge." She said walking out of the toilet, the rest trailing behind her.
Raymond couldn't help but feel uneasy, like something was going to happen, but he waved it off as anticipation.
I'm coming, princess. I'm coming...