226 Prelude 03

Reen then stood up carefully maneuvering herself as to not trip or hit anything around them, Mirly doing the same.

Mirly found their bags and took her and Reen's phones and turned it on. But before they could leave, Mirly's phone was taken away from her.

"Hey!" Mirly said full of indignation

"This guy… why did I not feel his presence at all even when he was this close to me?" She thought to herself quite startled. Reen also had the same though.

"I'll go with her." He shrugged his shoulder then held Reen's hand as they walked away making the people present dumbfounded for a bit.

Reen blushed at his sudden action but did not argue and let him led her away. She then kept blinking at their now intertwined hands direction.

"His hands are so soft for a guy, much softer than mine. Why did I ever fall for such a guy?" She could not help but rebuke yet smile slightly and unconsciously squeeze it.

"Reen? Are you alright?" Uoron asked in slight concern with her sudden action but nonetheless still squeezed her hand in return filled with happiness.

Startled by the sudden voice and by her unconscious actions she hurriedly let go of his hand

"N-nothing…" She stammered

Uoron could not help but frown slightly at his now cold hand. He retrieved her hand back startling Reen a bit as she looked at him. He gave her a momentary glanced and said,

"I'm not familiar with this place. I wouldn't want to get lost here."

Reen knew he was half saying the truth and half lying but let it be as they made their way towards the back of the house. As the house was a bit big they took a few more minutes walking.

The servants of the house were given a one week vacation as to not implicate them in any of the past few days' happenings which they gladly accepted.

After a few more minutes, the lights turned back on, Reen and Uoron returned still holding each other's hand making Reen blush seeing their reaction and hurriedly pulled her hand making Uoron slightly frown. But this time he didn't take took and hold it again.

Some of the group smiled mischievously at them, some looked complicatedly while others merely sighed.

After a few more minutes the group who were polishing their plans invited the young ones to the meeting room and reiterate the plans. When everything was set they then made their way towards Lilith's mansion.