CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Riley looked at Lucy, but she didn’t seem like she was going to repeat herself. He sighed gently, and then he started to walk gradually toward the device while he looked at it with thoroughness. Riley was stopped from walking by the sound of the door which he heard opening, even though the sound immediately and saw Mr. Sterling walking in together with Sarah and Matthew. As soon as Lucy saw the three of them, she moved forward to the device and unbuckled one of the straps, making it ready to hold onto Riley’s hand. “Go on.” Mr. Sterling urged with a smile on his face, but Riley seemed to be skeptical about getting on the device. “What does it do?” He asked, stealing a look at the device. “We just want to check if there are any radioactive sequences in your body. This is just a routine check, a precautions procedure to be f

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURRiley stood right in front of the tall Arcane Headquarters mansion, the thought of the new beginning crept into his mind. He sighed greatly and looked around, and then he turned to leave.“Mira?” He whispered as soon as he saw the young beautiful girl approaching from afar. He looked carefully to be sure his eyes weren’t deceiving him.“What the hell is she doing here?”With the thought of uncertainty and confusion all over him, Riley changed his course and moved towards the girl who was approaching from a distance.“She looks like she is looking for someone, maybe she is looking for me.” Riley smiled at the thought of Mira coming to the Headquarters to look for him. He hastened his steps towards her.“Mira! Hey Mira!” He beckoned, but the lady in front of him looked confused for a few seconds. The voice was familiar but she was having a little difficulty identifying the owner of the voice in the darkness.“It's me, Riley“Riley?” Mira exclaimed with her eyebrows r

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX“What?”“Yes! Show me!” Mira pulled over at once and turned off the ignition of the car.“I want to see this System you are talking about Riley.” She said excitedly with her hands letting go of the steering wheel. She turned to Riley with a smile.“Go on!” She said with a voice a little louder than the usual tone.“Here?”“Yes right here, or is there any other place you would rather choose to show me?”Riley paused for a bit, he really didn’t want to disappoint his girlfriend, so he looked at her and put up a gloomy face.“Don’t you trust me Emy?”“Of course I do, don’t be silly.” Mira retorted immediately with a slight frown on her face but still accompanied by a persistent look.“Then why are you acting as though you don’t?”“Don’t do that Riley, I just want to see how it works.”Riley sighed heavily, then he looked at Mira and her face refused to brighten up, she seemed so eager to see what the System could do and nothing was going to change her mind.“Look Emy,

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTRiley looked into the room, but there was no one there, just the sight of the entire place turned into ramshackle.The books on the table were torn to pieces and scattered all over the floor, as the table itself was on the floor, broken into unrecognizable fragments, even the curtains were torn apart, and the cushions were kept upside down. The sight he beheld was obvious evidence that the house was broken into.Riley swallowed hard saliva, and then trying to ease the tension that engulfed his entire body, he took in enough air, and then he let it out slowly, as the feeling of uncertainty and fright took over his entire body.“What is going on here? Riley…” Before Mira could be able to finish up the words that she had in mind, Riley placed his right index finger on her lips, causing her to keep mute, and then he placed his left index finger over his own lips, gesturing to her to be quiet.Mira sighed but not in relief, as she looked at Riley with an inquisitive st

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE“But you can see I am on heels, do you want me to break my legs?” Mira asked with a harsh tone, but none of that mattered to Riley, as his only concern was to get to the car as soon as possible.They walked through the hallway, with Mira trying as much as she could to keep up with Riley’s speed,Riley left the door to the apartment open, not really minding if anyone was going to come into the apartment to steal anything, that didn’t really come into his thought, as he continued to drag Mira through the hallway, and toward the elevator.“Take it easy, Riley,” Mira said while they had almost gotten into the Elevator after Riley pressed the button for the doors to open.Luckily, the elevator didn’t misbehave, and in no time, they were outside the building and got into the car.“Please, hurry up, Mira! We don’t have much time.”“Please, Riley, I don’t need you to put so much pressure on me, I wasn’t the one who took them.”“I am sorry, Mira, it’s just that there is no t