A wall she had not been able to pass through.

As soon as she left, song lin relaxed a bit. She should've kept her mouth shut. All that she gets in return for talking are those taunts.

"So" the commander said looking at zayne "as I said try not to piss off Justin" zayne rolled his eyes. The commander's gaze hardened.

"I'm serious zayne, should he find out that you are out to destroy his company, he'll chop you in to pieces" zayne gritted his teeth and gave a curt nod. Fine. Justin's dangerous. right. He got that but just how many times are they going to warn him? colonel Zhou walked up to him and said a tad softly

"Its not that we doubt you zayne, we just want you to be careful. Because, what you are about to do is different from what you did up until now." zayne sighed and nodded. Colonel looked at their team and gave a small smile.

"Be on your guard, do not trust anyone."

"Yes sir" they replied in unison. As far as zayne knew, colonel Zhou is like an unofficial father to their team. So ofcourse he worried when they are about to go on a suicide mission. They soon left after a few goodbyes.

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Rose wiggled her brows when she saw that it was a business class ticket in her hand. It had to cost a fortune for zayne, since these are obtained at the last minute. Not that it mattered, zayne's family's wealth is never ending, a reason none of them had to worry about accommodations when they went on trips or anything.

In the flight, she frowned at celeana. she was dead silent today and she cut her hair. Rose knew celeana loved her hair, no matter how many times she asked she wouldn't tell her why she cut her hair or why she was like a rock.

"Is something on your mind?" she asked for a 100th time that day. Celeana didn't respond, her gaze was distant.

"Celeana" she touched her lightly. celeana turned, her expression startled and that expression irked rose even more because celeana was rarely startled. From the day she met her until now, celeana was always alert, sure they were all like that but there's something so different about celeana, about the way her eyes sharpen like she was sure someone was after her. One second rose feels like she know celeana better than anyone, the next second she feels like a complete stranger. Sure, she know that celeana is a good person, she had skills, she looks out for rose and the others but where did she come from? where are her parents? where is the money she so recklessly spends coming from? Sometimes rose feels like she knows only what celeana is willing to show her and not anything more. She asked. Many times. but all she got in return was deflected answers, and silence. So rose instead asked

"Aren't you interested in this mission?" that brought a crease between her brows.

"No its not like that." she answered. Rose rolled her eyes.

"Really celeana, you expect me to believe it when you all but sat like a rock since morning and you cut your hair. What is all this about celeana?" a flash of irritation crossed her face. Good, rose thought anger is better than silence. But celeana said nothing, her expression again turning unreadable.Its like watching a mask slip over her face that shuts of her emotions. It frustrated rose that celeana could control her emotions so well, she never lost her cool.

"I'm having a headache rose thats all. Its been days since I had such worse pain." that knocked the irritation out of rose.

"You are starting to have them again? you should've got it checked up once again celeana" she said, concerned. Celeana sometimes had splitting headaches, but since last one and half year or so, she didn't have that much problem.

"I'll have it checked once we reach." she paused and looked at rose "that is what I'm worried about, what if I start getting them again now? and as for my hair, I just wanted a change thats all" she said, rose believed her about the headache and thats about it. Celeana trying to cut her hair because she want a change? common give me a break she thought but didn't voice it aloud.

"Don't worry. You'll stop getting them if you take some pills." celeana sighed and leaned her head back, closing her eyes

"Wake up me up later" she murmured. Done. Conversation over. rose clenched her jaw and turned away. Yes celeana is close to her but there's a wall around her she had never been able to pass through. Rose closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Celeana would tell her when she's ready, she told herself.

Song lin didn't have the time to remember the things she did in her drunken state since she was busy contemplating whether it was a mistake to tell them about the mansion. But then she saw zayne and that night's events came crashing back to her. She couldn't look him in the eye. God's she felt so embarrassed, she completely made a fool out of herself. As if that wasn't enough, this stupid azriel called Cristina over to sit beside him saying he and sam had something to talk to her. when azriel asked zayne to exchange his seat with Cristina, Helen was sure zayne would say no but he got up and strode over to them, his expression unreadable. Now she was stuck with him. She traveled abroad many times, but the journey never felt long to her as it did now. Still not once did she open her eyes, from the moment zayne sat beside her. Pretending to be sleeping, she pondered if she should just murder azriel.

Zayne turned and looked at Helen who was asleep or atleast Pretending to be asleep. Smirking he asked

"Do you like lollipops Helen?" it felt weird to call her Helen but the name suited her well. He felt her stiffen, a half smile lit his face but she didn't open her eyes.

Song lin forced her breathing to calm down. No way in hell was she going to talk about that night with him. She heard him chuckle. Bastard, she thought.

Zayne let himself look at her since she's surely not opening her eyes anytime soon.