[...Mark?]
"...Is there any problem, Ms.Evernight?" One of the men inside the room mustered up his courage and asked with a timid voice.
"...Cancel this meeting, I have an urgent business to do." Sia's eyes returned to their pale blue color and she coldly ordered.
With that said she started leaving the room and made everyone present baffled — what kind of business was important enough to make the infamous Ms.Evernight cancel her work?
Before Sia managed to leave the meeting room, a woman held her back and asked her in a serious voice, she seemed less afraid of Sia than the rest in the room:
"Where do you think you're going? We have a lot of work to do!"
[...Who are you to stop me?] Sia's eyes turned dull grey again as she glared at the woman who stopped her.
"Hyahh!" The woman flinched back and shrieked a little, her attitude from earlier was nowhere to be found.
"Fire her." Sia scoffed at the sight in front of her and turned to the rest who stayed in the room.
After that, she left the place in a hurry without paying any more attention to the poor woman.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Something happened to him...but what?' Sia took the white hood to cover herself then headed to the limousine that was parked outside her company.
The driver immediately drove off without asking anything since his boss had already told him the address.
Soon they arrived at a cheap hotel in the southeast section of the city.
Sia got off the limousine and instantly ran inside the hotel, the staff was surprised by her action since the latter had never seen her before.
'Is that lady here to meet someone?'
Sia got in the elevator and pressed for the third floor. Looking at the slow-moving thing made her feel nervous and restless:
'Can't let anything happen to my little toy.'
A ding sound rang out and she soon reached the third floor. She moved out of the elevator and started checking the number of every single room.
'Here it is.'
Sia stood in front of the room and knocked on it three times without any hesitation, she didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that she may get discovered.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Thirty seconds later, there was still no response so she decided to knock at the door politely again.
Creak!
This time the door opened up revealing a young man wearing a hoodie who was a little taller than she was behind the door.
He silently studied her for a second before asking with surprise and wariness:
"...Sia?"
She revealed a sweet and slightly possessive smile at him while nodding:
"Yes, it's me. How are you, Stephen?"
"...How do you know this place?"
"...I stalked you." Sia pondered a little then said with a genuine expression as if there was nothing wrong with what she had just spoken.
"...What?" Stephen A.K.A Achilles took a step back when he heard what this woman said.
'I got stalked??? Holy shit that's creepy as hell!'
"May I come in?" Sia asked casually, she didn't seem to notice or maybe just didn't care about Achilles' reaction.
"I'm a little b-"
"Thank you." She cut him off and walked inside the room.
Achilles was flabbergasted by her action and could only watch helplessly as she began looking everywhere in his room.
'Gods...' He massaged his temples in exasperation. If a male tried to do something like this he would have killed him on the spot.
But Sia was a very beautiful woman and Achilles was no sigma male to begin with. On the contrary, he had a little soft spot for the ladies due to his father's external influence.
Achilles closed the door with a bit of force which drew Sia who was looking around curiously back at him.
"Asides from stalking me, what else are you here for?" He asked while feeling a bit tensed by this woman's sudden appearance after all the shit had happened a few moments back.
"I felt something wrong and was worried about you so I came to visit." Sia smiled gently.
'This woman has telepathy or something?'
If a cute girl said this Achilles would have felt a little touched, this woman however, wanted to make him her little boy toy.
That was why when he heard her speak those words he felt nothing but fright. Especially when looking at that sweet and at the same time haunting smile of hers.
"I see. Well, as you can see, I'm fine now." He tried to persuade her into leaving since he wasn't done with his business yet.
"Are you sure? Your essences pool is completely drained and your soul is quite injured."
'What!?' Achilles' pupils shuddered for a moment before he quickly recomposed himself.
"Looks like I was right." Sia took out a red pill and a blue before arriving by his side, she then drank a little bit of water inside her mouth.
Achilles was startled by her action and wanted to take a step back, but it was too late.
Sia put the pills inside her mouth and then held his face in front of her, the astronomical difference between their ranks made it impossible for Achilles to shake her off.
'Don't tell me sh-' He didn't even manage to finish his thought before the former sealed his mouth with a kiss.
'???'