Chapter 45: “Do you think she will live?”

*SILIA*

I could tell that something was wrong as soon as I stepped into Alfeo’s floor this morning.

The whole arena was quieter than usual. It was as if the people had been teetering carefully with every movement that they made. Cautiously I too slowed down my pace to avoid my shoe soles from making any noise. The tapping lowered and looking around carefully I could see nothing out of place yet. Everyone was working although a little too seriously so much so that no one even dared to raise their heads.

I had almost reached my desk maintain the quiet when I felt my nose itch. Willing my nose to stay quiet I rubbed it but the nasty itch wouldn’t go away and although I didn’t sneeze as loudly as I had expected to it still made all eyes turn towards me. A look of apology graced my face but surprisingly there was sighs of relief that left out from my colleagues at the disturbance I had caused.

“She is here!”

“I hope she isn’t in any trouble.”

“Well who cares? Just send her in!”

The hushed