Chapter 47 Camilla POV… We arrived at the airport just in time when my sister called and said they have landed. "Sis, where are you? We have already landed!" Her excited voice came over the phone, making me to subconsciously smile. My sister has always been bubbly and I guess that even after so many years overseas, she hasn't changed one bit. "We are in the parking lot. I guess it is not far from where you are." I told her. "You are with brother-in-law?" "Yes." "Hehe sis, I will come over right away. I cannot wait to see you." "Just take your time. Don't run around and knock into people, we are waiting for you." I said over the phone. She might even forget that she is in a crowd and start shoving people everywhere. … After ten minutes… I had already alighted from the car and was standing outside. I saw a tall girl drag a pink suitcase walking towards us. She had short hair and she was wearing a body hugging tank top and black tight. She had on high, black knee length
Chapter 48 Camilla's POV… Since my sister returned, we have practically spent every minute of the day together. I took her to our company that I have been working on, and we spent our free time shopping together. We did almost everything together. Lucien has been moving back and forth between towns doing his campaign, it has been a long time since I took a proper look at him. He had gone out of town two days ago and we had not contacted each other for the whole of yesterday. I missed him, so during the lunch break, I decided to call him and chat with him. I dialed his number but it did not go through. I dialed his assistant’s number but it was also switched off. I suddenly became worried because this has never happened before. No matter how busy he was, Lucien will never switch off his phone. Could something might have happened to him? He went to give out food and clothes donations to the people who have been affected by floods and the storms that have been going on in city Y. C
Chapter 49 Camilla's POV… I sat in the helicopter, looking in the far away distance. It's like I could see Lucien calling out my name and reaching out his bloody hands asking me to save him. I was stunned and immediately closed my eyes, but that was even worse because now the images became even clearer with my eyes closed. Lucien please, be safe. Don't let anything happen to you or I will never forgive myself. I should have gone with you. I should have spent most of my time with you! Please moon goddess, if you know how much Lucien means to me, please keep him safe for me. "Miss, what are you thinking about? You have been zoning out ever since we bordered the plane?" The person sitting next to me asked. I was in disguise since my photo was released online, so no one recognized me. "It is nothing. I am just wondering at what time we will land and if we will be able to rescue everyone." I said, making sure to not appear or sound sad. I don't know how many people on this plane
Chapter 50 Lucien POV… The moment I arrived in this city; I knew that it was a set up by the enemy. Although I would have still chosen to help the people, I did not like being used like a puppet. But I cannot blame the mayor since he might also have fallen under someone's schemes. The first day went well, the second day also went well. Although the rains were heavy, it was nothing life-threatening and we were also evacuating the villagers to safer grounds. But on the third day, after seeing a few unfamiliar faces pretending to be villagers, my sixth sense told me that something was wrong. It was also affirmed by Jack and Andy who also felt the danger. The whole village had explosives buried in it and if not for a small boy playing with a grenade thinking that it was a toy, the enemy would have succeeded in burying us alive. Those who had buried the explosives had left and maybe they were, thinking that the heavy rains will and poor terrains will prevent us from leaving. But ma
Chapter 51 Author POV… {third person narration} The internet was in an uproar after Lenox finished his speech. Those families, whose members had perished could not stop crying. City N was a mess as others cried while others celebrated. One of the netizens, whose son had insisted on following Lucien said online… “I warned my son not to go to such a place. I already had this nagging feeling that something will happen to him. But because he is a strong fan of Lucien, he insisted on going and said that he wanted to be a part of a good cause. Now, he is gone just like that. He was my only son and now I have been left childless.” Other netizens sympathized with her and sent her consoling messages. Everyone was demanding the mayor to give them an answer as to why something like that happened to their children. “This child Lucien, he was too handsome and had such a promising future. He is so humble and down to earth and doesn’t like to show off, unlike someone else. I knew that with his
Chapter 52 Authors POV… {third person narration} The mayor picked up the phone with trembling hands. “Hello!” “Hello, it is me!” Lucien's voice was heard through the phone and the mayor thought for a moment that he misheard. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Camilla, but why was the voice speaking Lucien's? Could it be that… “You are alive?” the mayor questioned in a shaking voice. “Should I be dead?” Lucien asked, not understanding why the mayor was agitated but something clicked in his mind. Since the rescue team went back without their bodies, then they were literally dead. “I did not want to make a statement at first because I did not believe that you were dead. But people were just too impatient and they could not wait to announce it to the whole world. They are literally forcing me to give up the office!” the mayor said angrily over the phone. “I am not dead and no one is either. We are all safe. We just evacuated to the nearby village because our mission
Chapter 53Lucien POV…When we finally reached city N after going through so much, I finally heaved a huge sigh of relief. I looked at the petite woman before me and thanked the moon goddess again for sending her over. If she had not been impulsive and insisted on coming to find me. I would have been stuck in that place I don’t know for how long.I now felt inseparable from her and I knew that I will be stuck with her for life. She is my mate, my life partner, whether in this life time or the next.Our return was a secret so no one knew about it. I also warned those I had gone with not to say a word until a few things were clarified.The media was still in sensation about our deaths, and I did not want to startle them. I also wanted to investigate who had the guts to defy the mayor by ordering the rescue team not to do their work well and who had the guts to plant those explosives right under my nose.I went to meet with the mayor right away after sending Camilla home.“You are really
Chapter 54Mayor POV…“When Lenox Crawford was making his statement, I haven’t even gotten the report from the rescue team that I had sent. I was also shocked, just like everyone else when I heard the news from him!”“I wonder how he managed to get such information and he was sure that something had happened in city Y.” I spoke. They thought that they were smart and they were the only ones who knew how to spin lies, right?I will let them have a taste of their own medicine. They want to force me to leave office? But until Lucien took over, I am not going to step my foot out of this place.“He went ahead to release false news that he knew nothing about, causing pain and grief among people and you want that kind of person to be mayor? Do you not have any confidence in my successor? I have served this city with all my heart for the last eight years, how can I endorse someone that is incompetent, won’t I be ruining my reputation if I do that?”“I can assure all of you that Lucien Hart an