SLY’S POV
Ever since Dalia entered the seclusion room, life has been boring. We would also have been sad and unhappy, but we were too busy to feel those emotions. It was only at nights that we had the pleasure of relaxing and feeling those emotions. After her parents took her down to the basement where we made the seclusion room, we sat in the sitting room waiting for them to return.
I don't know how long we waited, but all Xander and I could think about was that we hoped everything would go well. We worried about Dalia and her parents, and we wished there was more we could do.
The creaking sound of the hidden door to the staircase in the basement alerted us. We immediately rushed into the kitchen and found Jane and Benedict holding onto each other. They looked very weak, as though s
