The Essence Of The Darkness
EOTL Eps 122: Pickup
EOTL ( Essence Of The Light) - EOTD Season 2 - The Story of Xavier and Sera
EOTL / Essence of The Light --> Xavier and Sera's Story. Read ebook access will be available in November only on PROJECTSAIRAAKIRA website + bonus exclusive mini novel part that can only be read there
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“Where is Sabina?”
When Credence entered the room, that question was first asked by Xavier, making Credence who came with disheveled hair and a tired expression instantly raise his eyebrows.
“What kind of question is that? You didn't welcome my arrival when you first saw me and instead asked Sabina?” he said in a real denouncing tone, then closed the door behind him and without permission immediately slammed his body onto the sofa.
Credence's eyes then watched over Akram who was leaning his body onto the sofa, his long legs stretched straight and his eyes closed.
“What is he doing? She can't possibly be sleeping, right?” Credence asked as he pointed confusedly towards Akram.
Xavier gestured for Credence to slow down his tone.
“Do not disturb Akram, he is stealing a moment to rest. He was exhausted,” he said later.
Credence's eyebrows shot up again, as if he could not believe what he was hearing.
“Akram Night? Resting?” with a strange smile Credence watched over Akram intently. “If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have been that easy to believe. The Night Akram I know usually has a terrible excess energy so sometimes he can only sleep an hour or two a day. I remember when he forced me to work nonstop when I helped him with his company's financial records. The man was like a robot before, what makes him so human now?”
Xavier didn't take long. “His family. His wife and children, that's what makes him humane,” he said quickly.
Credence observed how quickly Xavier answered, and without the slightest hesitation. His lips instantly formed a smile.
“Ah yes, your sweet babies. I've brought gifts for your beautiful daughters. I hope tomorrow I can meet Elana and Sera to congratulate and give my gift. I think the presence of your children has indeed managed to turn you into more humane than before,” he said then agreed.
Xavier did not argue, the man caught up with Credence and sat himself on the sofa.
“Changed in a good sense of course.” Xavier's eyes watched Credence and his head nodded slowly as if it had come to a conclusion. “You will also get a turn in the end, although with your appearance like that, I am sure that your love story will not be mediocre,” he added a little mocking.
Credence laughed out loud.
“Don't compare me to you if it's an appearance problem. When it comes to that one, you're still the best and I can't compete with you. However, at least when I find a woman who arouses me later, I am sure that I will not be the kidnapper and captor of the woman I then love all out Credence's eyes glanced towards Akram as he spoke. “Or I won't be the man who used to trap the enemy but fell in love with the enemy himself,” he continued while staring at Xavier full of syndirian.
Xavier was not at all visibly offended by Credence's words, the man smirked instead.
“You can mock at all you want. Later, when it was time for your world to be overturned by a woman, it was my turn to mock and laugh at you,” threatened later.
Credence thinned his lips, but his eyes flashed with a smile.
“Ah, although love has softened you, but you have not changed, you are still the vengeful Xavier Light I know.”
The direction of the conversation made Xavier's eyes sparkle coldly. The cheerful radiant tenderness that had just poured out in his aura vanished already, replaced with a burning fury, like a black flame that was ignited from a hot heart filled with darkness.
“I will always reply anyone who tries to hurt my family and friends.” Xavier sounded furious. “Have you seen Nathan's condition?” tanyanya.
Credence nodded his head. His facial expression turned grim.
“I saw him before coming here and talking to his doctor. He is still unconscious, but he has gone through a critical period.”
“Right now all we do is wait and hope Nathan is strong and manages to get up from his coma. Although the doctor has tried everything possible, but it all depends on the determination of Nathan's life and his struggle to get up again. However, if it concerns Aaron. I won't wait.”
“We underestimated Aaron before. Unexpectedly he could be a pretty slippery enemy.” Credence nodded his head. “I think starting now we should not take it lightly and exert all our abilities to catch it.”
“Because that's why this time I need Sabina.” Xavier narrowed his eyes, looking at Credence with a probing look. “You're not that stupid as bringing Sabina here blatantly, are you?”
Credence chuckles. “I'm not as genius as you, but I'm not that stupid. Sabina came to this country secretly and in close disguise. I certainly don't want to be seen with Sabina by my enemies. However, the reputation of the woman in the underground world is very bad, I do not want her to ruin my reputation as a good person.” Credence spoke in a sinless tone of voice, but what he said was true. “What do you need from Sabina so you have to hide it?”
At the same time, Akram whose sleep was interrupted by the two men conversing in front of him instantly connected themselves with the direction of their conversation.
“I've been spreading information all over the underground world that Sabina came here to avenge Serafina Moon. If indeed Aaron has contacts who cooperate with contacts who are the source of his information from the underground world, then he will soon hear that information.”
Akram awoke from his short deep sleep and immediately became fully aware without requiring any long process. He had indeed gotten used to replenishing his energy with a short, quality deep sleep. After he did that, he would usually wake up with fully charged energy and a refreshed body.
“So you want to take advantage of Aaron's feelings for Sera to make her appear and get into your trap?” Credence reviewed Akram's sentence quickly.
Xavier nodded his head. “I want to get Aaron out of hiding and come to Sabina. But of course that wasn't my only plan. I have a multi-layered backup plan.”
“What's your plan?” Akram immediately turned his head towards Xavier and frowned. He had not heard of any other plans from Xavier's mouth, which was why he was filled with curiosity.
“I'll...”.
At the same time, Credence's phone rang making Credence instantly pick it up and lift it as he recognized the special dial tone he had installed for that particular person.
It was a dial tone from Dimitri, according to the name of the caller written on his phone. The good news from Dimitri regarding his search for doctor Rasputin was something he had been waiting for, which was why he immediately picked it up quickly.
“Is there any good development?” Credence immediately asked in an impatient tone.
Dimitri was heard explaining across there. The sentence was quick and short enough, but was able to make Credence's facial expression change after he closed the conversation with Dimitri.
“Is there any good news?” Xavier who was very expert at reading the facial expressions of someone immediately asked as if he could quickly guess what the contents of Credence's conversation with Dimitri were.
Credence nodded his head.
“Dimitri has found where doctor Rasputin is hiding. Surprisingly, the man turned out to be in this country as well, he entered this country a few days ago by changing his face and his whole being so unrecognizable. He stole the identity of others, just like Aaron did. No one knows why he came to this country as if he was challenging death by entering the enemy's nest. At present, Dimitri's men are still conducting stealth reconnaissance around the remote cabin he rented and has yet to make an ambush. From the existing reports, since coming and going into the cottage, doctor Rasputin did not come out from there.”
Xavier stood up straight from his sitting position.
“Say to Dimitri to withstand the ambush. Let my people do it.” With a stern expression Xavier asked. Credence widens the eyes.
“You don't plan to go alone to pick up doctor Rasputin, do you?” he asked as if in disbelief.
Xavier thins his lips stubbornly.
“I did plan to pick up the damn doctor myself. In any case, the doctor was on hand so that Aaron could infiltrate and approach Sera and also make Nathan hurt.”
Akram nodded his head.
“Do you think this is a trap?” Credence spoke cautiously.
Akram. “We still don't know. It was Xavier's job to make sure of it.” Akram looked at Xavier with narrowed eyes. “I or Credence could have gone there, but I don't think it'll be effective because you're the right person to do it. After all, it is an expert to interrogate someone because you are an expert at reading the expressions and attitudes of other human bodies. You certainly won't let yourself fall into any trap, will you?”
Xavier grinned. “No, Akram. You can calm down. I'll come pick up doctor Rasputin with ammunition full.”
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After getting permission to enter the nursery and visit her two daughters, a nurse escorts Xavier to a special room where the twins are placed.
She was only given a short time to visit and interact with her two daughters because of her twins, despite having been declared normal and healthy without any abnormalities based on the results of the last laboratory test, still require intensive care in an incubator box for at least the next one to two weeks.
Xavier knelt in front of her little daughter's incubator box and grabbed her baby's hand to give her a kiss.
The little baby fell asleep with his eyes closed tightly, but when he felt his father's mouth touch his fist, his body immediately squirmed in reaction.
“Halo Elaine, are you dreaming beautiful?” Xavier whispered softly while still holding Elaine's fist on his lips. The child was so small and tiny, but miraculously, this child lived, breathed, beat his heart and his whole being was a beautiful tangible proof of his fusion with Sera.
As if recognizing her father's voice, Elaine again squirmed and blinked her eyes. This time the baby actually woke up and opened his eyes, staring at Xavier with her beautiful clear eyes, which were very similar to her.
The feeling of haru directly hit Xavier, making him speechless.
“You are beautiful once.” Xavier whispered softly, leaning over his body to kiss the child's cheek affectionately. “Do you know that a father's second love is their daughter? I loved you in the first second you were born in this world, my daughter,” Xavier whispered in a raucous voice, herself filled with a chest-stifling martyrdom that made the corners of her eyes feel hot with emotion.
The fact that she now has a descendant, her daughter, her daughter, the flesh blood that came from his genetics and became one family with the twins was always able to make himself flooded by the abundant emotions of happiness that made his chest seem to be about to explode.
Movement elsewhere made Xavier distract from staring at Elaine with love. The man turned his head towards Ainee's incubator box which was the source of the movement.
Xavier's lips covered a big smile when he saw that Ainee was opening her eyes, and wriggling for attention in her incubator box. Ainee's body size is smaller than Elaine's, but the youngest is much more active than her older sister and often calls for attention with her loud crying voice.
But now, even though the baby was awake, he did not cry. Her tiny body seemed to twitch as if Ainee only wanted to attract the attention of her father.
Xavier gently shifted his body closer towards the baby, then took the baby's tiny hand and gave him a kiss there. Aine turned her head towards him and although Xavier knew that the tiny baby's vision was not perfect, he felt that his daughter was watching him closely. The baby's eyes were as wide as his brother's and looked very clear with his huge eyeballs.
Being stared at by his son made Xavier's heart filled with warmth. The man took a deep breath to ease the feeling of hariu that made his chest full and felt like shortness of breath, then kissed the baby affectionately.
“I still can't believe that I can have you, my daughter, my precious treasure.” Xavier thinned his lips and made a determination to achieve his success. “Dad will do well father duty, father will protect your mother, protect our family.”
Yep. Xavier has obtained a whole family that he did not dare to imagine he would be able to have. Now, he is determined to protect his family from the threat of criminals who want to destroy loved ones in this happy palace.
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The lodge is very shabby, located in the heart of the poorest area on the outskirts of the capital which is a forgotten and almost abandoned area.
Xavier was followed by Derek and the several bodyguards behind them stepped up while frowning as they looked at the situation around them which was very slovenly and dirty.
As if the throat was not bad enough, the unpleasant smell that greeted the olfactory as they stepped closer to the cottage where the doctor Rasputin hid added to the bad environment.
Yes, this slum is indeed located near the largest waste management location in the suburbs. People usually avoid this area for fear of the threat of disease from the garbage mountains and waiting to be processed in giant locations fenced high walls bordering this slum area.
In fact, even a wall that high was not able to stem the foul aroma that spread up into the air and filled the surroundings with dense nuances that disturbed the sense of smell.
Even so, see the number of shanty houses built with makeshift materials in this area, showing that this area is still an alternative option for people who are looking for a cheap home area that can be reached as long as they can get a roof to shelter.
Well, if those people have a numb sense of smell and strong skin and stomach, it probably won't be a problem to stay in this house.
The question is, why did doctor Rasputin choose this very bad area as his residence? If it was just to hide, the man wouldn't have to do it to this extent, would he? Moreover, coupled with the fact that the man did not close his presence in this country and made it seem like he wanted to be found intentionally.
Xavier stared straight at the seedy cottage before him. The snipers had been keeping watch around the house for an ambush, even with their troops guarding the house. Dr Rasputin has been confirmed to be inside the house, alone and without a gun and with no one else with him.
However, Derek insisted that Xavier wear a bulletproof vest on his body and also carry a protective cloth to minimize the effects of a possible bomb attack. After all, in a situation that was still unread like this, their safety was the main one to be guarded.
Xavier beckoned to the troops guarding their surroundings, and the man stepped inside the hut, followed by Derek and another bodyguard escort from close range.
The densely dim shades immediately greeted Xavier's eyes as they stepped into the cottage. The stuffy aroma also instantly enveloped as if this room had never been opened before, making Xavier frown at it.
Xavier's eyes stared warily at the end of the room. There, sat the figure of the man who was waiting.
The figure is not the same as the figure of doctor Rasputin in his picture, it is clear that the doctor has done surgery to change the physical characteristics of his body so that the old traces of him are no longer found. As Credence said, Rasputin's doctor seemed to have done a total permak both his face and body to create a perfect disguise that made him unrecognizable. Whether the identity of who had been stolen by doctor Rasputin, but seeing the seedy appearance of the man, the possibility that he stole his identity was the poor man who became the real owner of this house.
Although the old figure of doctor Rasputin could not be found anymore, the fact that the figure of the man was the only human who was inside this stinking and messy hut, was not to be found, it shows that the man was none other than the Rasputin doctor himself.
Even more surprising, the man seemed to be not at all surprised by the arrival of Xavier and the troops who were going around ambushing this house, he sat quietly on a chair, sitting quietly on a chair, resting his elbows on the table before him and letting his hands support his chin in silence.
It was as if Dr Rasputin knew he was going to be found and he had been waiting for them all to enter this hut and come to arrest him.
Although the hut's nuances were very dim, Xavier could see that Rasputin's doctor was commenting on a smile as his eyes rubbed with Xavier's watchful gaze.
“Welcome,” doctor Rasputin's voice sounded raucous then. “I've been waiting for you. Especially you, Xavier Light.”
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