End of Part 19:
Marcus’ POV:
Caius marched in, letting the door 그네, 스윙 shut behind him. Always one for the dramatic entry was Caius. He would march into anything, and sum it up in one sentence, making it so simple, when it in fact wasn’t. I wondered what he would come up with this time.
“Well,” he said firmly. “This is quite a shocking and distressing situation we find ourselves in.”
“It certainly is, my friend,” Aro replied. “And I was hoping we could put our heads together and come up with some way to solve it.”
“I can only see one way to bring Jane back,” Didyme said instantly. “And that’s to rescue Alec. But how we will do that, I have no idea.”
Caius and Aro nodded.
“We’ll have to think quickly,” I added. “I can’t see Jane waiting around. She’s sure Alec won’t be coming back: she won’t want to prolong this.”
Aro opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted 의해 the door slamming against the 벽 again. Except, this time, it was the main door; the way someone would get in if they came in through the front doors, rather than the underground route.
We all looked up to see someone who we never expected to arrive.
Stalking towards us, with his dark hair windswept and his lips pulled back in a broad smile, was a very cocky Alec.
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Part 21:
Marcus’ POV:
No one said a word as he crossed over to us; the sound of his leather boots the only sound. As far as was aware, he was the only being in this room that was relaxed enough to breathe. I held my breath, waiting for someone to break the deafening silence. It was the kind of silence that fills a room and stifles you, trapping 당신 in the density of it. It was the kind of silence that could drive a person mad.
“Where’s Jane?” Alec asked, the casual 질문 falling from his tongue like it was perfectly easy to answer.
Where’s Jane? It was a 질문 which had been baffling us ever since she ran away. Where was Jane? No one had asked that yet, not outright. We’d talked about saving her, and bringing her back, but how could we do any of those things without the knowledge of where she was? It was the missing piece of the puzzle, and the one piece that we could do nothing without.
“Well?” Alec pressed, his boot grinding into the stone floor. “Where is she?”
I wondered, what would Alec do if no one answered his question? Would he just grow increasingly angrier? Would he begin to think about where she was for himself? 또는 would off around the castle, frantically searching? Maybe he would do all three of those things even if we did answer.
But what was there to be said?
Aro cleared his throat, coiling his hands together nervously. “We don’t know,” he said. Alec’s eyes flashed with fury. “She left and she’s not planning on returning.”
In the corner of my eyes, I saw Caius twitching. He was itching to elaborate, to tell the tale in dramatic detail. Sometimes, he disgusted me.
“No!” Alec cried out, the scream exploding from him. It was a contrast to the quiet of before, and made me realise how quietly we had all been speaking.
“No, no, no!” Alec continued to shout, his hands balled into fists. His eyes darted about the room frantically, maybe in the hope that he would find some evidence to show Aro’s words to be lies. But he found nothing, and fell silent.
His relationship with Jane was much easier to understand than Aro’s and Didyme’s relationship with one another. Jane and Alec were best friends, as close as lovers. Alec and Jane were equally protective of each other, neither seeing the other as powerful. They had been through so much together, and had come to rely on each other heavily. For them to apart now, it would make them feel helpless, and weak.
Alec marched across the room, then back, getting faster and faster. We all watched him as he paced. After going back and forth 500 times in five minutes, he came to a stop 의해 the door to the corridor which Jane had ran down.
“Was this the way she left?” he asked, pointing at the wooden door.
Aro nodded. “She met Marcus and Didyme down there, and told them she was leaving.”
“So, she didn’t decide to leave before she went down this corridor?” Alec pulled the door open as he spoke.
“She might have done. If she did, though, she didn’t mention it.”
Alec was silent for a while, until he asked a 질문 which none of us had thought of: “Why tell anyone?”
No one answered. Alec turned around to face us, his eyes shining with a shadow of hope. “Maybe she wanted to be found,” he suggested.
He ran off down the corridor, and we all followed him.
“She left out that window,” I told him, pointing at the small, curved hole in the wall.
Alec peered out, staring for a long while. I didn’t know what he saw, but it seemed to be good, because he threw himself out the window with an enthusiasm of someone who knew he would win.
No one moved; I didn’t know about them, but I had a feeling this wasn’t something we were obliged to be a part of. The silence around us was heavy, but not with the weight of anxiety and loss which had pressed down on us before. There was something in the silence which pulled up the corners of everyone’s lips into smiles.
To me, it felt like hope.
Marcus’ POV:
Caius marched in, letting the door 그네, 스윙 shut behind him. Always one for the dramatic entry was Caius. He would march into anything, and sum it up in one sentence, making it so simple, when it in fact wasn’t. I wondered what he would come up with this time.
“Well,” he said firmly. “This is quite a shocking and distressing situation we find ourselves in.”
“It certainly is, my friend,” Aro replied. “And I was hoping we could put our heads together and come up with some way to solve it.”
“I can only see one way to bring Jane back,” Didyme said instantly. “And that’s to rescue Alec. But how we will do that, I have no idea.”
Caius and Aro nodded.
“We’ll have to think quickly,” I added. “I can’t see Jane waiting around. She’s sure Alec won’t be coming back: she won’t want to prolong this.”
Aro opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted 의해 the door slamming against the 벽 again. Except, this time, it was the main door; the way someone would get in if they came in through the front doors, rather than the underground route.
We all looked up to see someone who we never expected to arrive.
Stalking towards us, with his dark hair windswept and his lips pulled back in a broad smile, was a very cocky Alec.
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Part 21:
Marcus’ POV:
No one said a word as he crossed over to us; the sound of his leather boots the only sound. As far as was aware, he was the only being in this room that was relaxed enough to breathe. I held my breath, waiting for someone to break the deafening silence. It was the kind of silence that fills a room and stifles you, trapping 당신 in the density of it. It was the kind of silence that could drive a person mad.
“Where’s Jane?” Alec asked, the casual 질문 falling from his tongue like it was perfectly easy to answer.
Where’s Jane? It was a 질문 which had been baffling us ever since she ran away. Where was Jane? No one had asked that yet, not outright. We’d talked about saving her, and bringing her back, but how could we do any of those things without the knowledge of where she was? It was the missing piece of the puzzle, and the one piece that we could do nothing without.
“Well?” Alec pressed, his boot grinding into the stone floor. “Where is she?”
I wondered, what would Alec do if no one answered his question? Would he just grow increasingly angrier? Would he begin to think about where she was for himself? 또는 would off around the castle, frantically searching? Maybe he would do all three of those things even if we did answer.
But what was there to be said?
Aro cleared his throat, coiling his hands together nervously. “We don’t know,” he said. Alec’s eyes flashed with fury. “She left and she’s not planning on returning.”
In the corner of my eyes, I saw Caius twitching. He was itching to elaborate, to tell the tale in dramatic detail. Sometimes, he disgusted me.
“No!” Alec cried out, the scream exploding from him. It was a contrast to the quiet of before, and made me realise how quietly we had all been speaking.
“No, no, no!” Alec continued to shout, his hands balled into fists. His eyes darted about the room frantically, maybe in the hope that he would find some evidence to show Aro’s words to be lies. But he found nothing, and fell silent.
His relationship with Jane was much easier to understand than Aro’s and Didyme’s relationship with one another. Jane and Alec were best friends, as close as lovers. Alec and Jane were equally protective of each other, neither seeing the other as powerful. They had been through so much together, and had come to rely on each other heavily. For them to apart now, it would make them feel helpless, and weak.
Alec marched across the room, then back, getting faster and faster. We all watched him as he paced. After going back and forth 500 times in five minutes, he came to a stop 의해 the door to the corridor which Jane had ran down.
“Was this the way she left?” he asked, pointing at the wooden door.
Aro nodded. “She met Marcus and Didyme down there, and told them she was leaving.”
“So, she didn’t decide to leave before she went down this corridor?” Alec pulled the door open as he spoke.
“She might have done. If she did, though, she didn’t mention it.”
Alec was silent for a while, until he asked a 질문 which none of us had thought of: “Why tell anyone?”
No one answered. Alec turned around to face us, his eyes shining with a shadow of hope. “Maybe she wanted to be found,” he suggested.
He ran off down the corridor, and we all followed him.
“She left out that window,” I told him, pointing at the small, curved hole in the wall.
Alec peered out, staring for a long while. I didn’t know what he saw, but it seemed to be good, because he threw himself out the window with an enthusiasm of someone who knew he would win.
No one moved; I didn’t know about them, but I had a feeling this wasn’t something we were obliged to be a part of. The silence around us was heavy, but not with the weight of anxiety and loss which had pressed down on us before. There was something in the silence which pulled up the corners of everyone’s lips into smiles.
To me, it felt like hope.
