Lord Reign

I did not go to my apartment but I headed to Karima's, almost at the verge of tears. The moment she opened the door, I burst into tears and ran into her arms. She welcomed me warmly, like I would have expected and just patted my back.

"It's all my fault that he was going to kill himself, Karima." I cried on her shoulders but she started stroking my hair. "It is not your fault, Mira. Calm down." She replied.

After a few minutes, I stopped crying and finally followed her into the living room while she held my hand. 

 "Sit here, I will get you a blanket, a cup of coffee and then we will talk." She said and then left for her room. I wiped my face clean and just stayed there, waiting for her.

Then, I heard that strange but familiar sound. That sound from the music box in my dream, and from the forest Jordan had taken me to.

 I felt troubled in my heart as I looked around for the source, then I saw a phone on the table which was obviously Karima's.

She was getting a call and that sound was her ringtone. I did not know what to make of it at all, then I stared at the ID for who could possibly be calling her late in the night even though it was not my business but then I wanted to know.

The ID I saw had been taken aback. "This can't be possible." I muttered to myself as I saw the name, 'Lord Reign'. How??!

 And I knew because I had heard it before, that day even, I heard Kai call Jordan Reign that. Lord Reign.

I used to believe that I was just an overthinker about the things with Karima but I guess I was right after all.

The moment I sensed her footsteps, I hurriedly had my seat and raised my voice a little, even though insincere. "You are getting a call, Karima."

That was for her not to suspect anything.

She walked in and picked up the phone, the call had ended though. 

"Has to be one of those scam calls." She muttered then gave me a white thick blanket, then she went to the kitchen to probably get my coffee.

A lot of thoughts just kept running through my mind and I could not get my mind to be in a place. What? I thought Jordan did not know who she was? Argh, that was a well-played one there and I would do anything to make sure he pursued an acting career because he did it so well.

Why were they both even lying to me? What was the relationship between them both and why were they handling hanging around me.

 Were they working together? Or she was working for him?

Wait, that meant that Karima was probably not human too. Gosh, I was in the dark about too many things and I could ask no one, obviously. The people I was supposed to trust were not fully opening up to me even about themselves.

I took a sip from the coffee and dropped the mug on the centre table. "I would like to leave now, Karima." I spoke up and she furrowed her brows.

 "Mira, is anything the problem? We have not even had our discussion."

I smiled slightly. "I need to urgently attend to a few things, I will tell you about it later. I am fine, now." I tried assuring her and even though I knew she was not convinced, I could not care any less. 

All I wanted was just to return to my apartment and reflect on everything that had been happening to me lately. 

 I got to my floor and headed into my apartment. I sat on the floor with my head down, I felt so tired and exhausted about everything!

Why was no one ever real? Really? I cried myself to sleep on thet cold, tiled floor. 

 I woke up th next morning, the early sunshine shining directly to my face through the open balcony.

I struggled to get up from where I was and tried to adjust to the light. I headed to the washroom first to freshen up. I had concluded that the world was not against me, and I still had a work I would really love to keep.

Grudgingly, I dressed up for work and headed out so early. As at then, I did not want to be in the same breathing space with her. But if she got to offer me the usual ride, I would be having no excuse to turn it down.

I left the apartment complex and boarded one of the waiting cabs that flashed its headlights.

 "Greenville resort." I said to him before getting in.

"The ride calculation starts now." He announced and then drove off.

Rowland, Karima, Jordan Reign...they were all in my mind at the same time. So as it was, two of them were acquainted, I did not know if that was a safe word to say because I had no idea what kind of relationship they had with each other.

Jordan too, I had no updated information about the burning Eldrid forest Kai had talked about tge previous day. I did not know if they were alive and breathing. The ancient book in my living room too, even though I had a clue Jordan could have been the one that brought it, I still could not jump into conclusions.

And then Rowland, I had never been concerned about a human like that and I could imagine how awkward it would be at work. 

I closed my eyes for a while, trying to figure things out in my head. This life was harder than I thought. 

I let out a deep breath and opened my eyes, only to see that we were taking an unfamiliar route. Me and Karima had driven together almost every time so I knew the way very well.

"Excuse me, which route is this?" I spoke up immediately, feeling surprised and partly troubled.

"It leads to the resort, ma'am." He replied calmly, in a neutral but affirmative tone.

 I was supposed to be relaxed right? But no, I could feel it very strong within me that something was wrong.

"Please, turn around. I don't want to get there through this route." I asserted. 

 "Calm down, ma'am." He cooed but anger and fear rose within me.

 "Now!" I yelled then he matched the breaks all of a sudden, bringing it to a force stop.

I did not expect that so I hit my head on the front seat and bounced back in the seat. I frowned deeply. "Excuse you, what was that for?"

 For a while, he did not respond then eventually he removed the hat he had on and turned to face me with different looking eyes.

His eyes were now so jade green and they was not coloured earlier. "Finally got you, Valtara."