"Are you trying to run away?"  When those words escaped the young man's lips, the tip of Elisabeth's fingers shuddered for a second. Subconsciously, she moved that hand behind her and awkwardly smiled. Aaron's commanding tone gave her a surprise, but that didn't mean she had to act uncomfortable so as to not further provoke the young man.  "No! Not at all. There was an assignment from the college, about the hotel's rooms and stuff. So that's why…" answered Elizabeth while she shook her hand. At the same time, she thought, 'Assignment excuse… Even twelve year olds would notice such a lame excuse, urgh.'  Surprisingly, the young man replaced his previous frown with a few innocent blinks. Then, his eyes wandered the room as he murmured, "I see&helli

"Me?" asked Elizabeth back as she raised her eyebrows a little.    "They are looking for you," looking directly into Elizabeth's eyes, Aaron continued, "They hunted you, just like the others."   "The others…? Are you implying that-"   Abruptly, Aaron stood up and turned his head to the right side. It was as if his gaze bore through the walls, with his brows furrowed deeper in time and his face becoming more stiff. Then, he looked at the confused Elizabeth and stated without showing any expression, "They are coming."    In the next second, the light bulb

"Do you need any more help, Miss Elizabeth?" Half an hour later after both Elizabeth and the staff she stumbled across the hallway finally confirmed her identity as a customer in the receptionist desk, that same staff agreed to open the door of her room with spare keys. Though the young man and the receptionist bombarded questions to Elizabeth about how she could get out of a locked room without her keys, Elizabeth simply stated an awful lie about how the door wasn't locked back then and then magically locked by itself.  Of course, the receptionist and the staff didn't believe what she had said. But since Elizabeth was adamant about that being the case and coincidentally, the camera in the hallway didn't catch the scene of Elizabeth going out of her room as well. It was as if she mysteriously appeared on the other side of the ha

As the sun blooms on the horizon, the glittering gold spreads through the vast white and blue. Melodious chirps danced in harmonious rhythm while the countless little wings soared high with freedom. Riding the warmth breeze of the spring straight to the land of nowhere.  Right underneath them were the last sign of the artificial stars that slowly went out one by one. Though most of the orderly abodes were still bright as ever, some had long snuffed their illumination and had the residents drive their trusted vehicles to start their day.  Meanwhile, a certain young girl in her early twenties was enchanted by the never ending dream land as her snores softly echoed through her room. Accompanied with the rustles of her sheets and the ticks of her clock, she spent her sweet time peacefully. Until the automated gear within a smal