The hall was teeming with people already. All the family members were present. Even Grandmother. Grandmother was settled down in her spot. Her facial expression looked really grave, and her eyes held a shade of darkness. It was evident from her reaction that she was still suffering from the rage, which had sprouted deep inside of her several moments ago. If this was a random occasion, she wouldn't have made herself available. But Miss Zoe of the great Hoveland has just called out of the blue that she would be coming to the White Hall at once. Who was she to ignore the request of the honoured and highly revered Miss Zoe?Jones had come to tell her about the proposal of the inclusion of Valion into the contract given to Auroville. She already had a heads up, but she couldn't quite be sure if Miss Zoe was coming to stamp the same thing. Though when Jones had randomly came to her when she was mad, she didn't take him quite seriously, but now that Miss Zoe had called them that she was on
Everyone was startled. They were scared and shaken to the bones! Miss Zoe was leaving! Why? For what reason?! No one could tell for sure. As far as they could tell, none of them had done anything wrong. She had just asked about the trash bag, and they had made sure to put him in his place. They were trying to do her a favour. She shouldn't get mixed up with someone as trashy as that bastard. She should be grateful to them that they have her good will at heart. If they were only trying to be good to her, then why was she mad at them?!Obviously, from her grave face, she was dead pissed off!"Grandmother, Miss Zoe is leaving!" Doris suddenly called at the old woman as though the latter was blind and couldn't see what was happening. When Doris looked at Grandmother, she realised that the old woman was equally concerned and worried. Her old face did no good job trying to hide it. Miss Zoe was halfway through the hall, and no one could do anything but be on his or her feet. That was
Jones reluctantly walked back to his seat. His face was long, and worries were scribbled therein. He looked like he had been submerged in gloom since he turned eighteen. As soon as he settled down, a man seated next to him leaned towards him, "What's the long face about, brother-in-law? You are the hero of the people." Felix, the man seated next to him said. Jones took a curious gaze at Felix. He didn't quite understand what the fellow was trying to say. "Look around. Everyone is looking at you in admiration. Because of you, Miss Zoe had returned to the hall. I'm sure that Grandmother will be even kinder and generous to you." Felix assured with a small smile which lurked in the corners of his mouth. Jones, for a moment, looked across the hall. He could see people taking a peek at him occasionally. Each gaze he met was fat and rich. Each person smiled heartily at him. Was he really a hero? Do these people think of him as such? It was evident in their facial reactions. If they v
The hall is going really cray-cray! Wasn't this just too much for these family members? When they are trying to understand a mystery, another one was spawn at them out of the blue. Miss Zoe had only just told them that the new representative of Valion is Mira! They were bedazzled and gobsmacked by the sudden and ridiculous news. They were still trying to understand what that meant when Achiel had gotten up and walked to Zoe, whispering to her. After that, Miss Zoe had said that the great and powerful owner of Hoveland would reveal himself in three months' time when the Hoveland project would be completed. In the middle of that news, she had added that the mystery billionaire man will also be present tomorrow at Valion Handover Party, which will be happening tomorrow?! What the hell was happening in the hall?! No one could tell. How could they? Not even one of them was able to pick his jaws off the floor yet. There were so many questions to ask at that moment. So many people ha
Since Achiel wanted no problem with the family members, he cut his gaze from the glares and slowly turned to Mira. He reached one of his hands out to her. She was panicking until she placed her small palm in his. Holding his hand made her feel safe. And less worried. When the both of them stood up to leave, there was already someone standing in their way. Achile lifted his gaze to see Doris glaring at Mira in particular. Achiel stepped forward and made Mira stand behind him. He knew what kind of girl his woman was. She was the type to crumble under pressure. He wouldn't watch them bully her while he was there. The truth was that he hated to see her anywhere around the family members alone. There was no limit to what these scary people could do to her. He was responsible for her inclusion into Auroville and should take responsibility as such. "Where do you think you are going?" Doris lifted her cold gaze at him. She couldn't be more emphatic about how much she loathed him. She did
"Who the fuck do you think you are?" Jones roared at Achiel, as though he was about to chew off the face of the latter. "Do you want to die on your feet? Do you want to disappear and not be found again until your bones had rotten to pebbles?!" Jones barked even harder and with much more agility as though his whole life depended on the impression he was trying so hard to make. Achiel looked away from him to Mira, who was in the car. Though the door had been shut, and she could barely hear the raging jerk, sorry, Jones. Yet, he didn't want to make a scene while Mira was in an eye shot. "How about we go over there?" Achiel turned back to Jones, who was still fuming. When Jones gazed at Achiel, he realised that Achiel looked very unbothered. Achiel looked like he had never heard of the word, 'stress', in his entire life. After Achiel asked, he walked away from Jones. "Where do you think you are going?" Jones was becoming frustrated by this nonchalant attitude of Achiel. Was this not
Felix hurried out of the White Hall and saw the Koenigsegg, which was drifting away. Then his gaze shifted to his brother-in-law, who seemed to have his hand clasped to his face, openly cussing out at Achiel.He hurried over to meet Jones. When Jones turned and saw Felix coming, he looked to the other side, trying to shield the corner of his face. He tried to hide the odds and pretend as though nothing had happened. But unknowingly to him, there were fingers marked on his left cheek; the five fingerprints of Achiel's hand left on his face. There was blood in the corner of his lips, too. "Brother-in-law, what happened?" Felix called, almost tumbling over as he scurried in a haste. "What?" Jones threw his face to the side to hide the bleeding mouth. Unknowingly, while he strove to hide the bloody lips, he compromises the print on his face. "I don't know what you are talking about." Jones defended so fervently. Felix halted right in front of him, looking quite unbothered for a whil
A rooftop. The Cloister Block was one of the best mansions in Jade City. It has been in existence for a long time, as old as the city itself. Some people claimed that its early days had seen the stone ages of Jade City. Cloister Block was neither a hotel nor a restaurant. It served several multipurpose functions. But in most cases, its rooftop was the biggest and fanciest catch of the building. The rooftop was tiled with pure gold, well designed, and had several crests of traditional artefacts in thoughtful corners. Prime Ministers of Jade City, from the past up to now, would hold and throw parties on the rooftop of this building. The fact that Valion had chosen this place of all places to celebrate the handover party was a wonder of its own. It is a wonder that such people as Jones were having a hard time understanding. "Truth be told, this is very huge." Jones murmured, looking around the rooftop which had been filled by several influential figures from all of Jade City. "I w
~ THE THIRD DIMENSION ~A stream of golden light was descending from the sky at an insane speed. Its velocity was beyond the speed of the lightning. It was traveling in a wave and twirl. It kept going and going. When it zoomed past a mist of cloud, the details of the stream of light broadened. Earlier, it appeared as a golden stream of light, but now there seemed to be a hint of blue overshadowing the light. The blueness was like a hue around the golden light. Although the hue was not harsh yet, it was never to be overlooked. Suddenly, the stream of golden light collided with the peak of a bamboo tree. When the collison was made, a blinding light traveled from that place to the end of the whole forest. It was as though the whole place was enveloped in a white brilliance. After a short while, the light died out. When the light died out, there was a lanky and tall man seen standing on the tip of the peak of the bamboo tree. It was as thought hebhwd grown out of thin air. The body
The towering God of Cosmos stood tall and mightily behind Achiel. Mira still couldn't find the appropriate way to react to it. At first, she thought that he had disappeared with Achiel, but they were still there. Her eyes must be blurring out following the great shock. Suddenly, she noticed the God of Cosmos moving his hands here and there around the room. Mira's eyes followed the directions of his hands that went to and fro. In each direction that he waved his hand, a portal appeared. He waved his hands in five places, and five portals appeared. There was a portal that had been cackling all along. It was through that portal that Achiel wanted to take Mira to the kingdom. "Choose one." The God of Cosmos said out of the blue. "Huh?" Mira was startled by the instruction. She thought that the God of Cosmos had referred to her. When she lifted her gaze slowly to take a quick peek at the immortal being, she realised that she got it all wrong. He wasn't talking to her. He was talkin
"I can't believe that it really worked as you said." Mira added, awed by the scene that was unfolding on the screen of the phone. "But for how long will he function? I mean, how long would it take for the clone to disappear?" Mira asked. Her tone and voice showed how genuinely concerned and interested she was. She seemed to be clueless yet was fighting for all the intention there was to know. "You didn't have to ask the same question twice. Either way, I'll answer you." Achiel corrected, smiling at her. She should return the smile, but her busy mind wouldn't give her a break from the tumbling thoughts. "For as long as we want." Achiel answered. Mira's brows furrowed when he said those words. The confusion was scribbled on her face. It was way too glaring to be hidden. "We?" Mira finally asked the important question. Achiel sighed as he looked away from the screen of the phone. "I know that all these are strange to you, but you need to grow on the fact. It's something that you
Outside the Shangri-la tower, there was a scary type of quietness. The level of quietness was really something that could never have been envisaged by anyone. The reason was that there were lots and lots of people who stretched from those premises of the Shangri-la to several kilometers away in a long, broad, and single file. For all these numerous people that have different tastes and have subscribed to different notions and beliefs, to be this quiet, it was something that could never be overlooked. The quietness didn't come of its own accord. Instead, everyone was staring seriously at his phone. Those who were not staring at their phones were looking at the large billboard that was etched into a corner of the tower. Everyone was staring keenly at the screen that was accessible to them respectfully. But what was happening on the screens of all the phones and the billboard were the same thing. Everyone gasped at the same time. On the billboard, there was a lanky man who looked
Klaus's question attracted a lot of reactions. His words were weighty, and not one person was willing to look to the other side. "Klaus!" Zoe suddenly called at him. Klaus took a glance at her. When he saw her, he looked a little tipped off. For a sheer second, he had forgotten that Zoe was here. In the grand scheme of events at this moment, Zoe was the least important person around when it came to status and class. It was already a wonder that she was present here. Perhaps if she didn't have a feather, she wouldn't be here either. Even Klaus has his. "Don't be offended by my choice of word." Klaus plucked his gaze from her and turned to the whirring camera first before paying attention to the people present. "Pay close attention while I explain this. After this, the couple would be invited in to be celebrated and tied." Klaus's composure had tuned."Although it would totally be an honor to do this even though we are not worthy." Klaus's tone suddenly changed. Something strange
On the floating peak of Shangri-la, there were numerous people settled down on high-end chairs made out of the purest red gold ever refined. The skin of real-life wild cats that were hand woven were sewn about the chairs, serving as resting pads and the main places where the bum would rest. There were several men of dignity positioned in thoughtful patterns across the space. The sight was so beautiful and opulent. Each of the dignitaries present at that place had a red feather at the top of their hats; each person had a hat on. irrespective of whatever you are wearing, there was a hat to match, and on top of each person's hat was a red feather. The invite!The red feather was the pass for each of the persons that was present on the Peak. The feather looked very rare. It looked to have been plucked from the wings of a Phoenix or several Phoenix.Although the color was red, yet there was this subtle highlight of yellow that made it seem as though it was multicolored. But the truth w
About 19km away from the Shangri-la Peak, there was a flood of heads. An ocean of bodies standing in the way, making shuffles at occasional periods. The ginormous number of people stretched from that position up to the front of Shangri-la Peak. It was as though the world was about to end, and everyone had come out of their houses. It was even scarier than that. The whole city had come to a standstill because of the crazy number of people occupying all the roads and places.Voices, echoes, and screams were flying around. But one thing each of the people on the street shared was the urge to move forward."Has the wedding started?" A random person asked. "I'm not sure. The Peak is not floating yet. As soon as it starts floating, I'm sure that'd be a sign?"Two strangers were explaining to others who were surrounding them. "Get out of my way!" A lad sent a flying punch into the face of the last person to speak.Before the victim could react, the lad had run forward, pushing his way t
"It's you. It's really you." Laura repeated the words in an attempt to be emphatic. She had done it also to convince herself that she was in her right mind and was not seeing things. Achiel remained where he was standing as though he could not move. "How... How did you find me?" That was the tenth time that she had asked that same question. When she had received a message from godofcos claiming that he was outside her house. She had come running outside. Getting to the door of her apartment, she had seen Achiel standing there. The man from the store!!!She had been trying to engage him in a conversation, but the man had been staring at her all along. Standing there like a statue. But then suddenly, he replied her abruptly. Ever since then, he had gone mute again. She was really confused and didn't know what to make of this situation that she had earned herself. Achiel was trying to make things less weird between the both of them. If he went fully into talking to her, she might
Achiel was still standing where he was, staring at his phone. But the noise coming from distance was getting louder, and he couldn't ignore it any longer. He looked away from the phone, from the chat scene, in the direction of the noise. The group of high school students were still there. He wasn't ready to be concerned with who they were. Instead, what they were doing was something that he couldn't ignore. There was a lad who had been forced to be on his knees, while a group of bigger boys hit him repeatedly. Achiel had seen this at first but brushed it off because he was trying to gift Lauretta. Although, earlier, things were not alarming amongst the group compared to now. He started to walk towards the scene. In a matter of time, he was already close to the group. "Are you still going to keep talking?" One of the three big boys said to the victim, hitting him on the back of his head. "You will report to the principal again, won't you?" Another guy slapped the victim across t