Chapter 98. Project Empire

With Zeath locking himself in his room again for the past three hours and Zachili still out, I merely lie in my own room, moaning in the pain of grief while not knowing how to wrap my head around the constant surprises since this week.

The front door opening seems to announce Zachili’s return. My paranoia mind tells me to check if it’s him or an intruder, while my lazy side convinces me to just sleep off the danger; maybe get killed in my sleep or something. So, I just grab one of my pillows tighter and sink half my face into it.

“Surprising how you are still here even after I deactivated the bracelet,” Zachili’s voice comes from my door. How he made up the stairs without making a noise, I don’t know—probably one of his assassin skills.

“How am I supposed to know that?” I mumble into the pillow while glaring at him through my lashes.

Zachili lingers by the door for a while before talking again, “You asked me how I felt about Eryis’s death.” He mopes at me a