Renée was still berating herself for what happened. Even though she had no way of outrightly proving that anything happened, she could feel it. Two adults didn't just wake up on the bed undressed if nothing didn't happen right? She was still lost in her thoughts when her door opened and Therese walked inside the room. Renée raised her head and then got on her feet. “Mom!” She hugged her mother tightly. “I'm so glad you're alright, you and dad. I heard about the explosion but then it turned out the beacon was missile proof.”“Indeed, if it wasn't for that hundreds of us would have been dead. Including your father and I.”“Where is dad anyway?” Renée asked. “In his usual place.” Therese’s smile faded when she noticed how troubled her daughter looked. “Is anything the matter honey?” Renée gave it a deep thought and then shook her head. “I'm fine.”Clifford on the other hand was in his office fuming with anger. Today he felt like Ethan had treated him with such disregard, placing his
Skyler was on her own folding her clothes when the door opened and Elizabeth walked in. “My dear do you need help with that?” She asked softly.“No I'm good,” she responded gloomly without raising her head. Her mother stood by the threshold of the door, watching her daughter with teary eyes. Never did she think she would see the day when Skyler would be going to school. Back then when they were still under the evil clutch of the Vanguards, Desmond had said something to her which she kept a secret from everybody. That night he was in his home office, working. Although Skyler was not done with high school at the time, Elizabeth thought it wise to bring it to his notice that Skyler would soon be going to university and of course would be needing financial support. She knocked on the door. “Yes, come in.” She hesitantly moved forward, unsure of how to respond. “Good evening sir,” Elizabeth said with a shaky voice. He paused, clenching his jaws as he stared at her with murderous inte
Desmond was finally discharged from the hospital. Martha was trying to help him stand as he had been feeling weak due to all this while lying down doing nothing. Larry entered the room with the doctor. “I see you're doing better Mr. Vanguard,” the doctor remarked. “I feel brand new,” he quipped, making everybody in the room burst out in laughter. “You need to take things easy from now on, try to avoid stressful situations be it emotionally or physically. Get lots of rest and watch your diet. You're highly prone to another heart attack so you have to take things easy okay?” Desmond nodded with a hint of disappointment in his eyes. He knew the implication of everything the doctor was saying, the time for him to resign and step down as CEO was closer than ever. “With that being said, you're free to leave. Enjoy your stay with your family at home.” The doctor patted his shoulders lightly. A few seconds after the doctor left, his wife's voice penetrated his haze of thoughts. “What
“How could you do this to me Keith?” Ethan asked. The lieutenant who already looked bruised up, swallowed and then turned his head away. Brackson was in the room with them by the corner. Silent. Earlier the major had ordered for a lockdown of the whole facility and carried out a mandatory research. Though he didn't need to search all the soldiers because his main target where the high ranking officers are still the ones that had access to the missile launchers. They found Keith around the perimeter fencing trying to escape from the base and then he was captured. When his room was searched and his things were around sacked they found out he had been communicating with an outsider using a different device. Tears rolled down his face. “I'm sorry, I'm sorry,” his voice choked with emotions. For Ethan, his lieutenants were one of the few people he could trust with his life so a betrayal like this really stabbed deep into his heart. “They held my family hostage in Ivar, I had no
For 2 years he didn't hear anything from her, there was no contact. One day she randomly called him in tears and told him everything. By now the war was coming to an end and she finally felt like she was stable in life. She told him that she had two children for him, twins. Now she was living in the capital city of iva and had a small business going for her which she used to sustain her kids. Keith was a mess when he found out that he had children with her. Despite the fact that the time they spent together was relatively short, he was still deeply in love with her. Since the time he and her were together, he had risen in rank and was now a lieutenant. Robert was at the verge of retirement and Ethan would soon become the legion commander. This was a critical time and he couldn't leave yet. He could only communicate with Leilani and his kids through video calls and voice calls. It was very hard for him but it was all he could do. “Keith, the children are turning three this yea
Irene and Skyler were roommates, they were the only ones in this room of two. Ethan had made sure that everything was perfect so that Irene would always naturally be in proximity with Skyler. They were both in the science department although not exactly in the same course as it was kind of tricky to get a spy as a pre-med student.Irene would write attendances and take tests just like regular students except she would never have her result compiled as she wasn't schooling, the management was aware of this. “This room is so wonderful and spacious,” Skyler breathed. “Hm. Manageable.”They continued to arrange their bags. A knock on the door made both of them pause, Irene decided to go get it. As the door opened, a girl holding a huge bag came into their view. She was holding a piece of paper in her hand. The girl looked at the paper and then looked up at the room number. “Yep I'm in the right place.”Skyler and Irene shared a confused look. “Hi I'm Esme,” she said introducing herse
The trudging of his boots filled the air as he made his way through the hallway, Natasha was following behind him with a tablet in her hand. “Sir, you would have to get some fake documents and head to Davenport my ship to avoid any travel records that would point to you coming from Armoria. Then take a flight to Ivar from there with your fake documentation. It's a long shot but it's possible.” “Then let's do it.”He took a sharp turn and she mirrored his movement. “Just one problem, he wouldn't be able to carry your weapons with you from Davenport to Ivar. That would leave you vulnerable.”“That's not a problem, I'm not planning to fight, I'm just going to rescue someone.” He came to a stop in front of the door where Keith was kept. The security guard gave him a curt nod and then he grabbed the handle and pushed it open. “Lieutenant, are you ready to go save your family?”Keith's eyes grew wide. “Yes commander. But how?” “Natasha and I have found a way, it'll be a dangerous miss
Skyler was lying down on the bed trying to go through some materials she had received yesterday. The loud sound of Sam blow drying her hair kept on interrupting Skyler's thoughts. “Sam.” She called out at first in a low voice. Sam, completely oblivious that Skyler was calling her name, continues to blow dry her hair loudly..“Sam. Sam!” Skyler yelled.Sam paused, shooting her a disapproving look. “What?” She asked, doing very little to hide her irritation.“I'm trying to study and your blow dryer is too loud, it's distracting.”Sam blinked a few times and then burst out laughing. “You're trying to study, at the beginning of the session?”Skyler wore a confused look. “What's wrong with that?” She asked. “You're such a nerd, do you even have a life?” “No I'm not a nerd, I just want to be familiar with the courses I'm going to be doing so I don't end up feeling clueless.”“Nerd!” Sam rang and then continued blow drying her hair. Skyler rolled her eyes and headed to her side of the wa