Concealed Love

Chapter- 66 " There's my prince right there"

Al entered the room to see Edward standing behind the glass wall, looking down at the busy street below with a bit of an interested face.

" You've come? Are you sure you can laze around when managing such a big company? Coming to work at such a late hour, you'll be hated by your workers you know, " He didn't even bother turning back.

Al walk towards him, just close enough to hear each while speaking normally.

It is a place with so many people and he couldn't start a fight there, his opponent should also understand that as he himself is in an equal position.

He asked, " Why are you here, I don't believe we have any business where we need to talk out about? "

Edward looked at him and sighed, " Don't be on alert, and as far as a common topic for us to talk about, there is one isn't there, a person we both know, my little sister. "

Al who was displaying a calm stern face frowned, " Don't call her that, as far as I know you haven't done a single act of a deserving brother. "

Edward smiled coldly and said, " Well you are true about that but it is also true that right now I know more about what will happen to her than you. "

Al hastened to ask, " What? Is something gonna happen to her? "

Edward turned away again provoking and agitating him, " Dunno, as far as I know her time may be running out soon, I thought that you were keeping her safe but seeing how you've let her go I guess I was wrong. "

Al frowned deeper, " Say what you mean directly, I don't have the patience to play with words with you. "

Edward acted innocent and said, " My, you don't mean to fight me at such a crowded place do you? "

Al growled looking like he was ready to kill him and Edward sighed like an old man, in fact he looked as young and handsome as a man living the peak of his middle twenties.

" Fine, I'll tell you, stop looking at me like an animal, for a man said to be a devine you sure don't act the part. " Edward spoke on.

"Anytime now Edward " Al's patience was running thin.

Edward looked at him for a while as if deciding on something and said, " Have you ever seen an hourglass around Ella? "

Al was about to say no but he remembered the time in the basement, Ella seemed to be collecting something in a hurry, he didn't think much of it but now it did seem like she was picking up a small golden hourglass .

" What's with it? " Al asked and Edward looking down at the busy street again and smiled, " Her end is coming, ' when her imortality ends she'll be saved. "

Al raised his voiced and asked, " I've told to to say everything so that I can understand. "

" 'The moment the all the dust on the hourglass falls her life will find peace and she'll rest for eternity'. Or so I heard. " Edward smiled and talked about it like it was an easy thing.

Al frowned, " Why do you know that. "

Edward asked him instead, " You know our mother don't you, or at least 'her mother' she was a kind woman who love us very much, she treated me so kindly that I understand why the heavens granted her with the power of the oracle or was it that she was kind because she was one. "

He smiled as he remembered how she was, " But that's not the main point for now, is it. Ahem, back to the topic, she was a very good woman who lived for truth and justice and also died for it. The only thing she did wrong in her life was trusting me. "

Al listen quietly as he went on, " She gave to me the hourglass to protect her, at that time I didn't understand but now I do, she knew what was going to happen and how her life was going to be so she gave it to me and told me that, 'when the time comes, stop her from bringing chaos to the world before she dies, that's the only way she'll rest peacefully. ' but unfortunately for her Iam not her saving prince instead it is to my advantage, since I know when she's gonna turn, I can just wait for the time and make sure the chaos is inflicted onto the right place the right people. "

Al frowned and with a doubtful look he asked, " but why are you telling me all these, what does it benifit you to tell me about your plan. "

Edward chuckled and said, " It doesn't, telling you all this doesn't benefit me in any way nor am I plotting on anything by telling you. It's your choice to trust me or not, well I guess I decided to bet on you and trust your feelings. "

Al glared at him asking for an explanation for those words and Edward said, " I know that you guys are on bad terms recently and if you are not together by the time she lose herself it will be a big loss for me, she's the only person whom I can trust to kill you and you're the only person who can kill her, aren't your fates just so beautiful. "

Al frowned and made a saddened face when he heard that but it was not too surprising for him, he had his doubts of his sword and powers being the only one to really hurt and kill her but now that it was true, it still hurt him more than the first time he thought of the possibility.

" Seeing your face I guess you already knew about it. Well then I'll explain properly, I believed that when you found out when she'll lose her mind you'll be by her side no matter the consequences, will you not? "

Al looked at him and frowned, " I will, I don't care what you've plotted but I'll make sure to stay by her side and protect her. "

Edward smirked, " Good, that was what I wanted, I hope you won't let me down. Now then, make sure you stay by her side from now on. "

Al asked, " I'll do that even if you don't ask me to. "

Edward laughed, " Be sure to remember that I warned you, she doesn't have much time left, as for the exact time go ask her yourself. "

Al asked him, " How long does she... " He stopped halfway and steped back, " Why is her power unstable? What did you do to her. "

Edward was at a lost with his question, " What are you talking about. "

Al ran up and grabbed his neck but the other was equally fast and held a blade to his stomach, Al growled at him, " Why are your people there at her place, why at this moment? Are you saying that you coming to my place and her being attacked by you people is all just a simple coincidence? "

Edward also stared at him coldly and said, " Let's talk peacefully shall we? I don't know about the attack in her place as well, it must have been orders from the elders, I have no power to stop them. "

Al glared at him and tightened his grip, " If I ever found out that you have a hand in this your head will fall with my sword. "

He let go of him and after telling him to leave, he also went out in a hurry and rushed towards Ella's place.

Edward remained in the room for a while adjusting his collar that was messed up by Al and sighed, possibly talking to Al who had already gone out half a mile, " Don't worry, I'll walk myself out. "

After fixing himself he calmly walked out thanking the workers who showed him the way out with a bright smile.

The ladies fawned over his looks asking each other, " Who is that man? Does he work in our company? I've never seen such a handsome guy apart from the main four. " They literally had hearts in their eyes. The main four refered to the top men candidate in their company, Aldrich, Jace, Simon and Jonathan.

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At Ella's place, she was trying to control the power in her, she was sitting in the backyard with a carpet laid out in the grass, that was still damped from the heavy snow from the previous night.

She slowly circulate the energy in her body trying to feel the core and take control of it.

In that instant a guy came and said, " Hi, princess. "

She was startled and opened her eyes just to see a guy smilling right at her face, her meditation was disturbed and because of the sudden force stop in power circulation, the force in her body flowed irregularly and she spat out blood.

She tried to jump back away from the guy but he pulled her back by the hair and punched her right in the stomach making her cough out more blood.

She was too startled and the attack was so sudden that she could not react in time.

The guys was a psycho, he came with other two guys who had covered their faces, probably to hide their identity but the guy was different, he was grinning from ear to ear and sneering at her pain.

She smiled trying to hide her pain and spoke, " You've got no delicacy treating a women like trash do you. "

The guy also smiled and said, " I am sorry, if you promise to come with me I'll be nicer. "

Ella sneered, " Haha, I would have agreed if you were a bit more handsome and... Normal heh! "

The guy put on a smile but it was a blank smile with eyes closed and without another word threw out a punch again using his full force throwing Ella straight back to crash onto the house, breaking the back door.

Ella tried to lessen the impact by surging out some power but she could not do it as her internal body along with the flow of her powers were damaged.

The guys behind the psycho told him, " Stop, don't go overboard, you can't kill her yet. "

The guy turned to them than back to Ella and smiled widely again speaking excitedly, " Of course I remember, but isn't she said to me an immortal? She can't die so I can go all out and torture this pest for as much as she has troubled us. "

He kept throwing her around punching and kicking her, breaking the house and the furnitures around it, Ella had started to lose her mind but with the small energy left in her she laughed and said to herself, " Damn, sorry Old Li, I guess I had to damage the place after all, don't worry, money's all I have so I'll give you loo-ho-hootts. " She cough out blood making her broken bones hurt more.

The psycho came up to him and stared at her with big eyes right next to her face and making a curious face, which was scary on that huge tanned body, " What are you mumbling about? "

Ella smiled and said with some humour in her tone, " Oh, nothing, I was just thinking how my handsome lover was doing, I would have made up with him if I knew you psychos will come dammit. "

The guy smiled again with anger clearly visible as he punched her hard in the sromach making her lose all senses right away.

But before he could make his next move, before her vision completely shut down, she saw the back of a guy she was wishing to make up with a moment ago, she smiled and thought, 'There's my prince right there. ' and her consciousnesses shut down right away.