CHAPTER 200

"You are right." My voice came heavy because of the crying.

"What do you think could be useful in our case?? " He asked, scanning the room.

The room was decorated in an ancient interior. They way royal palaces used to be in old times. Being closed for all these years, there was dust and webs all around. I didn't answer Christian's question and walked up to the paintings. Holding the white cover from one of them, I threw it away and revealed a beautifully painted black horse near a river. The dust made me cough badly and I covered my mouth with one hand. I looked at one side to avoid the dust getting into my eyes and they landed on the chess board placed at the table with two chairs placed around it opposite to each other. Grandpa taught me chess, and after him, I never ever dare to touch it. I walked up to it and picked up the black queen.

"The Queen is the most powerful in chess. And I want you to be the black Queen who holds the power that can take all the impurities of her surrou