Iliana was silent as she sat cross-legged with her feet dangling from the table, her long black hair bundled up in a bun, with her high heels tapping against the floorboards.
Once the door of the office was closed behind Eluya and Abel, Iliana sighed as she threw a key to Abel. "Go get some rest, Abel.. I want to have a talk with Eluya here.." She spoke with a calm tone, but her eyes were glowing with anger.
"Okay." Abel replied calmly as he caught the keys and began to make his way inside the office. Since the property was designed so that the office and their home were necessarily the same, he only had to walk up some stairs to get to his room.
Once Abel was gone, Eluya dropped to her knees, looking up at Iliana with guilty eyes. "I'm sorry, Iliana.. Can we let this pass? Just this once?" Eluya begged, making her usual puppy eyes to sway Iliana, but to no avail.
"Eluya.. This was the 12th time you were imprisoned, was it not? And you are still begging for mercy like always." Iliana said in a harsh tone. Her gaze made it clear that Eluya would be reprimanded for such irresponsible behaviour.
"But you are currently weak from the chains they use at Aslahan.. Take this." Iliana said calmly as she stood up from the table and walked closer to Eluya. She stood just a few feet away from Eluya before calmly sighing and giving Eluya the key to her room.
Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.
"Go back to your room and rest.. We'll talk in the morning. Any and all cases have been freezed for now due to the curfew." Iliana said calmly as the anger had almost disappeared from her voice, but she still maintained a professional tone.
"Ah.. Thank you, Iliana. I don't know what I'd do without you." Eluya said with a nervous laugh before she quickly stood back up and wiped the dust off her knees.
Once Eluya walked into her room, Iliana sighed and muttered to herself in a tired tone. "Who'd have thought having Vampires as teammates would be this much of a hassle.." Then Iliana walked back to her chair on the table and sat down on it before looking at her computer screen.
"Oh.. I still have some time before sleep. I should complete the sheets for tax purposes." Iliana said calmly before she got right into her work.
After completing the little work she had, Iliana went back to her room and slept for the night.
Meanwhile, Abel couldn't sleep because of a lingering fear in his mind. His face was pale, his body was sweating profusely, drenching his shirt in sweat. To calm himself, Abel stepped into the shower to take a bath.
As he showered, he gazed at himself in the mirror. The steam from the hot water blurred the mirror, but he could still make out his own form. The hot water flowed over the contours of his body, easing away the tensions of a restless day.
After he was done bathing, Abel stepped out of the shower with just a towel around his waist. Then he walked over to his bed and laid on his back, staring calmly at the spinning fan on the ceiling. The air from the fan felt cold as he was still wet from the shower which helped him fall asleep.