Chapter 102 SHE WAS NOT ANYWHERE
102 SHE WAS NOT ANYWHERE
-Ken Kaneki; Tokyo Ghoul-
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The space around her was like caving in, and pressed her body down into the abyss of the dark. It felt like she was being crammed into a wormhole, until a blazing light invaded her vision.
It was a white blinding light, and felt like someone had put a spotlight on her head, made her to be the center of attention.
A little girl, who was hugging herself while covering her face, was trying to peek through her fingers.She was assessing her surroundings while fear and panic thumping in her heart. She could literally feel her heartbeat on her throat.
This was an odd light, she could tell by the way its blaze started to fade the moment she opened her eyes, as if allowing her to take the situation she was in now.
The more the girl blinked her eyes, the more vivid the scene that presented in front of her eyes.
She was in a deserted place. A barren land more or less, a landscape of sands with the harsh sun above her head, tumbleweed and dead grasses.
The wind howling and the smell of dry baked earth invaded her small nose.
Raine scrunched her face when she took her surroundings into her understanding. A blink of an eye before, she was still in the living room with Jack who would open the door for someone, and also Serefina who went back inside her room.However later on, she was in this deserted place.
"Jack…" Raine whispered into the wind as she called out the warrior's name, hoping that he was also in this strange place along with her, that she wasn't alone there.
However, her hope was only a wishful wish, as her voice was brought away by the wind.
"Torak." Raine's voice slightly stronger as she called out his name, with fear and trepidation laced in her voice.
Raine stood up, and a spin of confusion was written on her face. She could see nothing. It was only sandas far as her eyes could travel the line of the horizon, where the bright clear orange sky met with sandstone.
She didn't know whether she should stay or she had to go, but where? There was no sign of inhabitants from all the direction that Raine could see.
The scorching sunlight, burnt her skin and in no time her sweater had stuck close to her body uncomfortably.
Raine didn't want to take off her sweater, and left with only wearing her white sleeveless shirt.But the humidity was choking her to the point where she could feel that she was having a hard time breathing. It was too hot.
"Torak!" Raine screamed now, resulted by the anxiety that she felt kicked in her system. She was afraid, and moreover she didn't know why she was there to begin with.
The desert was too vacant, and mysterious for her to venture aimlessly.
When the numbness crept in her legs, she felt the dry taste of the sand enter her mouth, as her body was going limp, lacking strength to support her body.
A while later she had been lying flat on the sea of sand, and her mind started shutting down with her closing eyes.
Raine's lips quivered before she gave in to the dark once again.
The howling wind grew bigger and her shadow danced like a fatamorgana, a mirage before it got bigger and engulfed the girl.
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"The Alpha is gone!" Jack slammed opened the door with so much force until the poor thing screeched.?The warrior also looked so much better than the last time he was almost being killed by Torak.
Earlier, he went to Torak's room because Raphael failed to mind-link him. They needed to discuss whatstep they should take, and about Serefina's theory about Raine's power.
Jack volunteered to check on him, despite what the Alpha had done to him before.It was his fault to let down his order after all, and made their Luna disappear, though he, actually, wasn't really at fault.
But, more or less, he understood the importance of mate in Lycan's life.
"Now, what?!" Serefina grumbled in irritation. "Where has he gone?"
Before it was Raine, and now Torak also disappeared.
"Someone said he saw Alpha shifted, and went to the direction of the second district of Fulbright City." Jack informed them.
Raphael squinted his eyes. "Second district?"
"Wait." Calleb raised his hand and frowned. "Second district is the place where Andromalius lives, isn't it? Torak must have thought that Andromalius has something to do with the disappearance of Raine."
Both Raphael and Calleb exchanged knowing looks, and growled at the same time before they jumped from their seat and ran towards the door.
That wasn't a good sign.
"Jack, take Serefina with you and follow me!" Raphael ordered the warrior before he disappeared behind the door followed closely by Calleb.
"Take me with you?" Serefina hissed, but stood up elegantly before Jack could approach her. "Show me the way." She said callously, she was still her arrogant self.
Jack swallowed her bitter comment, because there was another important thing in hand that needed his concern.Then, he walked in front of the haughty witch.
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Torak appeared all of a sudden inside the lobby of the city council's office, where it was almost empty.
The dim moonlight illuminated his tall figure, and his chiseled face that looked very stern, as his eyes were the color of blood.
The two securities, who were guarding the door, were startled by Torak's sudden appearance.
They knew him as the famous CEO from Donovan Company, who would invest a huge amount of money in manufacturing in the Fulbright City. After all, he had just come yesterday morning with people from the central government, and made headline news in the business world.
Furthermore, his name was on people's talks when the news about the deMedicci family exploded.
The De Medicci family was Torak's stepping stone to enter the business industry in Fulbright City.If something happened to them, it would affect his business as well and all the projects that he had signed with the government.
"Mr. Donovan?" One of the securities greeted him in shock.He blinked his eyes several times in addition to Torak's red eyes, he thought he was seeing things because of his late night shift. "What brings you here in this early morning?" He glanced at his watch that showed the current time was still 3.21 a.m.
Torak ignored him as he strode towards the other securities.He was a man in his early forty, and had wrinkles on the corner of his eyes when he squinted his eyes, trying to look at Torak clearly from behind his thick glasses.
"Where is she?" Torak asked the other security with hostility.His tone alone could send chills down people who heard him.
"Mr. Donovan, I don't understand what you mean." The other security's frown made the wrinkles on his eyes deepen.
Torak didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, all the more had to deal with his poor acting.
"Do you know him?" The first security elbowed his fellow friend, who shook his head helplessly.
"Who doesn't know him?" He whispered back at his friend. "He is the famous CEO from yesterday morning right?"
"That's not what I meant, he talked to you, why would an important person like him want to talk with you? A mere guard?" The first security was eyeing Torak with bewilderment, especially at his eyes, and couldn't help but wonder, if he wore contact lenses?
Torak was running out of his patience.He stormed towards the older security, and raised his hand into a fist and landed it downright on his chest, which successfully sent him flinging a few meters away.
The old security flew in the air before his body landed on the solid wall. His body collapsed and remained on the ground in a weird position.
"What the hell!!!" The other security's eyes popped out from its socket when he watched the scene that unfolded.
That was an inhuman strength!
It happened very fast and no one could see that coming.
The younger security's breath hitched, as he couldn't give a proper reaction. For seconds he was standing there like a fool while looking at his fellow security guard, trying to discern the situation.
As though he did nothing, Torak walked closer to the collapsed body, and pressed his foot against his chest. He leaned over as he asked the same question.
"Where is she?"