“Iris, what is the next thing to do?” Perseus asked, determination glinting in his eyes, and he held Lexi in his arms in bridal style.[Move slowly to the right.][That’s all you have to do to avoid the trap.]Perseus did as he was told; he stepped slowly to the right and began walking forward. His mind raced as he tried not to make a mistake.[You have avoided the trap host. He is going to be suspicious; just act like you know nothing about it. Okay?]“Yeah.” Perseus glanced down at Lexi; she was staring back at him. With a concerned look on her face, he gave her a sly smile and turned his gaze back to the path.“What is your next plan?” She whispered. “We still haven’t found the killer yet, and since you mentioned the trap, I can tell that their main goal is to kill us.”“I already know that,” Perseus replied. “He is letting us live because of my fake identity.”“So that identity is what’s keeping us safe?”“Yes.”“When did you make it anyway?”“I picked it up when we took the thin
The second man froze at Perseus' words. Although he was still pointing the dagger at them, he couldn’t do anything against a gun. The dagger dropped from his hand and fell onto the carpet floor.[The second man's name is Berry Farry.][He is Sam’s nephew.]Perseus compared both men together. They looked nothing alike; they didn’t even have the same build. “I will ask you a few questions.” Lexi stepped closer to Sam. Sam wiggled against the table. His hands were still connected to the table, and he tried to pull his hands. His hand just went above the knife, cutting him deeper.“If I were you, I would stop moving,” Lexi muttered, pulling out a butcher knife. Sam flinched. “Why are you doing this? I offered you a room, didn’t I? Why are you being so cruel?”She waved her head. “You were going to attack us in the room you gave us if we didn’t come here, weren’t you?”Sam’s eyes widened, but he managed to hide his expression. “What are you talking about? I never thought about that; we
Perseus stopped in front of the shelf. “Is it something I can dodge, Iris?”[Yes.]He reached out to grab the book from the shelf. Sam had a huge smirk on his face at that moment, clearly waiting for Perseus to take the hit from whatever came from the trap.Perseus' hand touched the book, and just immediately, a dart left a part of the shelf, aiming at his head. He bent over, dodging the arrow, and spun around to see what the dart hit. The book was in his hand now.The dart brushed past Sam and hit the wall. Sam’s eyes widened, his eyes darting towards Perseus. He couldn’t believe that Perseus had dodged the dart.“You tried to kill me even though I was being nice to you,” Perseus muttered, walking back to his spot in front of Sam. “I have the book with me; are there other things that you would like to explain?”Sam gulped. “There might be some things to explain. We have done a lot of things; I have no idea which one you are talking about.”“Tell me everything, then.” He replied. “For
“It depends on what you are going to ask.”, Perseus responded by folding his arms. “You and a cop came here. Am I right?”“Yes.” Perseus was getting fed up with the questions the man was asking him. “You can already see that.”“How did the men get injured? It looked more like an attack than self-defense.”“They had traps everywhere.” He replied. “Their traps got them when we were chasing after them.”“Do you also mean that the trap broke that man’s leg?” The officer gestured for Ben, whose limbs were all broken.”Perseus ran his hand through his hair; he had no idea that Lexi was going to do such a thing. “I guess so. You should see the house yourself! I bet none of your officers will be able to walk into that house without being stung by a dart.”As if on a clue, an officer who had just walked into the house screamed. A dart had got him on the neck.“See,” Perseus muttered. “Should I say I told you so?”The officer gave Perseus a suspicious stare before closing his notepad. “Thanks
“I thought you said I was going to make you late,” Perseus muttered.Sherry glanced at him through the mirror. “Would you stop saying that? No one knew if you bathed.”“What made you think I wouldn't bathe?” He inquired.“Stop arguing, you two. We have more things to worry about.” Eris chimed.“Hmph!” Sherry pouted.“I will just read a book while she styles her hair.” He responded. “Eris, care to share your books?”“You haven’t read a thing?” Eris demanded.“Yes, I haven’t.”“And you expect me to believe you will understand anything you read now?”“I will understand everything.” He reassured her.“That’s not possible!” Eris yelled.“Cut it out, you two.” Sherry chirped in. “Just give the book to him; perhaps he had read something and wanted to revise.”Eris hesitated before opening her bag and handing the book to him.“Thanks.” He took the book and sat on the couch.He began scanning the book with his eyes, page by page. Eris was watching everything he was doing with a confused look o
“Are you surprised?” Delinder asked. “I knew you wouldn’t come to see me if I invited you, so I did this. Are you impressed?”Perseus shook his head. “I am not.”“Huh? Why?” She looked disappointed that he said that.He ran his hand through his hair. He couldn’t believe that she was going to go all those lengths to see him.“What was I expecting anyway? You had made it clear that day that you didn’t want anything to do with me, but I am now your fiance. My father approved of our relationship and even made you my fiance. So you have to treat me like one.”Perseus' jaw dropped. “Hold your horses. I am already engaged to Sherry. There is no way that I am engaged to you. Besides, it was only a contract for us to pretend to date to stop your engagement with Van.”Delinder placed a finger on her chin. “But I don’t remember us signing any contracts. Do you have evidence to back up your claims?”It was then that he remembered that they didn’t sign any contracts.[That’s a huge mistake, host.]
It was after three classes that Perseus went to grab lunch. Since he hadn’t eaten since morning, he was starving. Although he could have just ordered or gone to a restaurant, he didn’t want to go through all the trouble. He also hadn’t seen Delinder since that incident, and he had no shared classes with Sherry either. “What’s your order?” the food vendor asked him. Then, he realized it was his turn to get his order. After telling her all he wanted, he carried his tray to a seat and sat. He was just about to shove a spoonful into his mouth when Zeppelin joined him. “Hey, Perseus.” Zeppelin was beaming with smiles as he spoke. “It’s been a while. Aren’t we brothers? Why are we staying away from each other?” Perseus paused. “I don’t know either," he said as he shoved the spoon into his mouth. “Well, tasty.” “I didn’t want to eat at the cafeteria, but I had no other choice because I wanted to speak to you.” Raising his head to look at Zeppelin, he asked. “What do you want to talk a
“Does it matter?” Perseus asked casually. “We recently just figured out that we are related, and I introduced you to the rest of the family. All you had to do was stay low with them, and I will deal with this. They know me, but they don’t know about you. Our parents separating us was a great idea. Now if I were to die, you would be safe.”The spoon in Zeppelin’s grip was already broken. “What are you talking about? We were friends before we did DNA! We should have gotten even closer, but you go ahead and do stuff without me.”“I had been doing it alone before you appeared, so I figured it would be better to do it alone. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want to burden you, and I wanted to keep you safe.”Perseus studied Zeppelin’s expression. He hadn’t seen Zeppelin look like that before. He remembered that Iris had told him to tell Zeppelin and bring him along, but he had refused. Was this a punishment for his refusal?“You shouldn’t shoulder all the burden! You have done enough fo