The Idea II

Ella had been thinking about what Betty had said days ago. She knew that Virgil was secretly seeing a witch who was excommunicated from the city long ago. She needed him to take her to see the witch so she could get some information on the supposed changer on the loose.

Ella contacted Virgil as she used to when she was using him to gather information from the mainlands. She waited in their usual meeting spot in a lonely alley by the garden miles away from Raul’s workplace. Virgil showed up as usual. But this time, he was not smiling.

“What is this about now? I told you that I wasn’t going to betray Collen anymore.”

“This is not about Raul; so relax. In fact, you would do well to keep this secret away from him for now because it greatly affects you.” Ella defended.

“What are you talking about?” Virgil frowned as he suspected she was referring to his secret meetings.

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