Volume 1
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
"CATCH HER!"
𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘬. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺.
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"𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭,
𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭.
𝘐'𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦,
𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦."
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The sound of footsteps echoed around the hall.
"DON'T LET HER ESCAPE!"
A group of people chased a woman in a black dress, her face covered with a black lace masquerade mask. She ran down the staircase and to the entrance door. "Guards, close the door!" A man shouted. The two guards who stood next to the twisted columns rushed to the doorway. Just as they were about to close the door, she lifted her dress. She revealed a secret compartment in her dress that contained a gun. She brandished it threateningly, causing the guards to step back and allow her to escape. As she drew a gun, she pulled the trigger and shot the two guards without hesitation.
BANG!
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"𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦,
𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦,
𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨."
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘱, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵.
The sound of gunshots lingered in the air. One man collapsed on the ground and the other lay on the ground, coughing up blood. The woman had a look of determination on her face as she smirked and slowly walked away from the scene. The man who got injured was trying to reach her leg but she walked away quickly which made it impossible for him to reach her leg. He lay there, surrounded by the smell of gunpowder, his life slowly fading away.
"𝘖𝘩, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦,
𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦,
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬,
𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯."
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑒. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑔 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.
As she stopped outside the door, she turned around, facing the people following her. Her sinister smile appeared. She raised her hands up as if to show them something. With a sudden gesture, a wave of energy emanated from her, pushing everyone back and leaving her standing alone. Her eyes met theirs, as if daring them to challenge her power - and they all knew that none of them were capable of doing so. They quickly got up and rushed toward her before she could escape.
Before they could reach her, a sudden dark cloud of feathers rose from behind her and slowly circled her. The feathers moved in such a way that the group could not reach her. A sudden hush fell upon the group, as they were all in shock at the mysterious power that had suddenly appeared before them. The feathers slowly dissipated, leaving the group in shock and awe. As the feathers vanished, the woman was gone as well.
The group had no explanation for what had just happened. They all looked around in disbelief, unable to comprehend what they had just witnessed. As they stood in silence, the only thing they knew for sure was that something unexplainable had taken place. Whatever had happened was now a mystery that they were determined to solve. The situation was like a magician's trick, where the end result doesn't make sense when compared to the starting point.
"W-Where did she go?" asked the man who was frantically searching for her. "She's just disappeared." He muttered, his expression pained, scratching his head that wasn't even itchy. "What are we going to do now?" He asked, his voice filled with worry and desperation. Suddenly, they heard the sound of a gun dropping on the floor. They quickly spun around to find the source of the sound, which came from one of their companions.
His expression was rage. "We'll do whatever it takes to protect our people," he said in a quiet voice. "We have to get her before she kills us all." His words resonated with the group and they all nodded in agreement. Without speaking a word, they all set off to find the mysterious woman.
"𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘺, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯,
𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯,
𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘺–"
𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑔 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑙. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒.
𝐼𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 8'𝘰𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.