Chapter 30: In the Hotel

Katherine was the calmest in the room, she was at that moment watching their reaction. Although it was quick, she noticed the abnormal reaction of the three. With her eyes, she tried to sign something to Sara, but she wasn’t paying attention.

At that moment, Sara was lost in thought. She was incredibly happy, and at the same time uncomfortable. She had found the soulmate she had been looking for for years but didn’t know what to do, that reality hit her hard. After searching for years, she never thought she would find it, so when she finally did, she didn’t know what to do.

Everyone greeted each other superficially while they were lost in thought. The first to recover from his confusion was Lucas who finally noticed Sara and May’s strange reaction.

Nudging May with his arm, he tried to sign her to say something, and she finally came to.

“Katherine, you called me here. On the phone, it looked like you had something to say to me.”

Katherine looked at Sara, who was still silent and answered.

“Yes, it’s about Clovis...”

She then looked at Sara again, hoping she would continue the conversation, but Sara remained silent. Usually, who would talk about these things is Sara, since she has a better understanding of the situation as a whole.

Although Katherine is not an idiot, the disparity of intellect between the two sisters has always been obvious, so she expected Sara to explain everything, as she normally does. Unfortunately, Sara remained silent, she was still trying to decide what approach to take with Lucas, now that she knew he was her soulmate.

She didn’t know whether to be direct and talk about her skill or to take a more subtle approach. She didn’t know whether to seduce him or wait for him to approach. Her thoughts were temporarily slow, and when she finally calmed down, a new revelation came to her that made her even more confused.

When Sara uses her ability, a set of circles and X’s appears on people’s heads that represent whether the person is suitable for the jobs she put in the slots. As she currently can select up to five different jobs, a set of five X or O always appear over people’s heads when her ability is active.

From left to right, the symbols represent slots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

When she finally calmed down from the surprise of meeting her soulmate, she realized something else; above Lucas’s head, there were four circles and an X, which means that he can do four of the current jobs that she has configured.

That alone is enough to surprise her, but what really surprised her, and left her thoughts in disarray, was the circle in the second slot.

‘... ‘

Sara’s strange reaction this time was noticed by everyone in the room. Katherine knew it had to do with Lucas’s qualifications, and she had a slight feeling. Seeing her overreaction, her foreboding grew, and to drown out the strange atmosphere in the room, she started to speak.

Katherine explained the situation of Clovis and the enemy behind him. She talked about the fact that Clovis might want to negotiate something they have, as well as their doubts about how to proceed in this situation since the sisters could simply buy May’s place and help her rescue Amy.

“Could you do this for me?”

May asked excitedly at the suggestion of Katherine, who hesitated a little before speaking.

“I can, and it would be very easy for us, but Derosso doesn’t know that we know about Clovis. If we deal with him, it could end up alerting Derosso. We are concerned, as he has been too quiet lately. We detected several indications that he is planning something. So alerting him to our findings at this point will put us at a disadvantage, and we don’t want that.”

May was disappointed to hear that, but she knew she had other ways to resolve this situation.

“I’m going to have to sell the warehouse to Clovis then. Now that I know his reasons, I will be able to negotiate on equal terms. Selling to him would put you at a disadvantage, so I apologize in advance, but Amy is more important to me.”

Katherine nodded understandingly. She understood May’s side, so she didn’t blame her for doing something that could harm them. After all, what was at stake was the safety of her child. She couldn’t be so selfish as to ask her not to do that.

“But Katherine, you came to the firm today to request a restraining order for Clovis. What were you going to do?”

“I wanted to deal with him temporarily using the law. The idea was to forbid him to approach the mansion, and thus to force Derosso to take some action. He has been very cautious about contacting Clovis. According to our information, he only contacted him once in the past seven months, which is why we discovered the connection between the two.”

“We made some preparations, and the plan was to get him to contact Clovis to get some idea of ​​his goals. By placing a restraining order, Clovis could not approach the mansion, so maybe Derosso would have to change his plans.”

“At the very least, if he didn’t comply with the restraining order, I would ‘accidentally’ kill him. My actions when dealing with people like Clovis are well known, he wouldn’t be suspicious if I killed Clovis...”

When it came to that part of thinking, Katherine’s expression changed, and she realized something.

“Wait. For the past few weeks, Clovis has been very persistent, every day he comes to the mansion to visit us. Even if we don’t answer, he’ll be back the next day.”

“My way of dealing with these types of people is well known, Derosso knows that. So if Clovis started acting like that expecting me to do that ... Did he want me to place a restraining order on Clovis? But why?”

After realizing this fact, Katherine started to murmur, and after reasoning enough, she looked at Sara, hoping she would help her with her thinking. Unfortunately, Sara looked a little tired at the moment. She was looking down in the air.

Seeing Sara’s situation, Katherine shook her head and said to May.

“Do you need to give Clovis the answer when?”

“I think I can postpone it for a few days.”

“Perfect then. Could you give me two days to think about what to do?”

“Okay, that was the plan. I can’t accept the idea of ​​letting him go unpunished. I will investigate him in the next few days and try to discover some evidence of his rottenness.”

Upon hearing this, Katherine was slightly interested and said.

“Do you want to make him go to jail?”

“No, I want to destroy him completely. The evidence will serve only as a method of protection.”

May’s words carried a deep hatred that surprised Katherine. She heard a little about her story with Clovis but didn’t think it would be at that level. Seeing her like this, Katherine was silent for a moment and said.

“I’ll help you out a little then.”

Katherine then raised a hand and a butler entered the room carrying a tray. On top, there was a gun. When she saw this, May understood what help Katherine was giving and nodded. Picking up the gun on the tray, she took out the magazine and saw that it was full.

“Thank you, Katherine.”

Seeing the familiar way in which May operated the gun, Katherine was surprised but said nothing. Then looking at Lucas, she thought.

‘What is this boy capable of doing that made Sara so shocked? Does it have to do with the first slot? It can’t be, right?’

Lucas felt Katherine’s gaze and simply smiled slightly. The whole time, he said nothing and did nothing. As so far nothing he needed to do came up, Lucas felt that he should continue to play his role as an observer. If May needed help, he would be involved. If she could handle it alone, however, he wanted to see what she would do.

Seeing the ease with which she operated the gun, he was again surprised, he did not know that May had previously dealt with guns.

...

After sending the two away, Katherine returned to the room and watched Sara silent. She was disappointed in the meeting, as she thought that together they could think of a way to deal with Clovis and Derosso, but the smartest person in the room was silent the entire time.

At the very least, she thought, using the warehouse, they could come up with a plan to deal with Derosso’s pawn, Clovis. Unfortunately, she couldn’t think of anything and was concerned about Sara’s strange reaction, so all she could do was end the meeting earlier than planned to try to understand what was going on with Sara.

“Hey, what’s going on?”

Sitting back in the chair, Katherine turned to Sara and asked. At that moment, Sara seemed to be thinking about something and was pulled from her thoughts by Katherine.

“Nothing.”

Katherine’s eyes narrowed when she saw that Sara didn’t want to speak.

“Come on, tell me what’s going on. You were silent for the entire meeting. I was counting on your intelligence to help us solve the problems related to Clovis and Derosso, but in the end, look at you, thinking about something else.”

“I must remind you that this is vitally important, it is related to the survival of our faction. Derosso has always been a stone in our shoe, and he’s been suspicious lately. Clovis’s recent actions only make everything more suspicious.”

“This is not the time for you to be thinking about other things. You need to help me think of a plan to deal with Clovis.”

“In a few days, May will sell the warehouse to Clovis. If Derosso’s plans take this warehouse into account, we will be at a disadvantage. We need to react.”

Katherine was trying to get Sara to say something, but she remained silent. Sighing of frustration, Katherine leaned against the chair and closed her eyes to think better in the situation.

Sara, on the other hand, was having the biggest mental debate of her life. At that moment, she was at the end of her wits trying to make a big decision. Minutes passed, and when her thoughts finally subsided, Sara turned to Katherine and said with a forced smile.

“Kat, I have something to say.”

Hearing Sara’s words, Katherine finally relaxed. Turning to Sara, she noticed the forced smile and question marks appeared over her head.

“That guy who was here before ... Lucas. He responded to the second slot.”

Katherine tilted her head slightly, remembering what was in the second slot, and when she realized it, her expression turned to complete disbelief, she even stammered when trying to speak.

“R-R-Really?”

Katherine’s eyes lit up when she heard this, her breath hurried a little. Seeing Sara’s confirmation, a bright smile appeared on her face and she stood up.

“Ok, I need to get to know him better...”

When she was planning to leave the room, she suddenly remembered Sara’s forced smile and her strange expressions from before. Sitting on the chair, she looked at Sara, who was looking at her too.

“There’s more to it, right?”

Katherine was serious when considering what made Sara so uncomfortable. Then remembering the whole meeting, from beginning to end, she remembered that at first, Sara seemed extremely happy, and at a second moment, very sad.

Then remembering the slots that she remembers that Sara put, her expression became stranger and stranger, finally becoming a frown. Looking at her, Katherine asked.

“Don’t tell me ... that he is also suitable for the first slot?”

Sara didn’t react much when she heard that, but knowing her, Katherine knew she was right. Sara is very good at her poker face, but as she spent years caring for her younger sister, Katherine knew her like the back of her hand. She realized at the time that she had got it right.

“ ... Really? Will you give it up for me?”

Katherine asked with a disappointed expression. The two sisters love each other deeply, and it can be said that, in this world, they trust only one another and no one else. She never thought, however, that Sara would give up a man for her so easily. After all, the second slot is the same as the first, only to find someone for her; Katherine.

Sara grew up watching Katherine, her older sister whom she loves and respects, so she knew how frustrated she was that she couldn’t have a relationship. She also knew that Katherine had given up marrying many years ago since her body was practically that of a child.

So five years ago, when she placed the first slot to look for her soulmate, she also did the same for Katherine, placing it in the second slot. At first, the two were excited to use this ability to find their soulmates, but months went by and they couldn’t find anyone.

Katherine always wanted a boyfriend mainly because of the complex about her appearance. She wanted romance, even if her body was not ideal for that.

Sara also always wanted a boyfriend, especially because of her sister’s overprotection. She understands why Katherine is so overprotective, but when she was younger, she felt suffocated. In more recent years she has started to “understand” the reason for overprotection, and even then, there are days when she feels suffocated. Especially in the past two years that the house has been exposed to anti-insect chemicals day and night.

Both wanted a boyfriend, one had already given up, while the other was always looking, much to Katherine’s frustration.

When they found it, however, the answer to the skill was from the same person. At first, Sara didn’t know what to do, but in the end, she gave up on Lucas to her sister. After all, Katherine has a complex about it, it’s more important to her.

On the other hand, Katherine, as the older sister, could not accept Sara’s will. She always took care of her, since she was little. When she gained her combat skills at the age of ten, she resolved to protect Sara no matter what.

Even when her parents “mysteriously died,” Katherine always protected Sara. The discovery of the nature of Sara’s ability just made her even more overprotective.

Sara’s ability is useful for many things, incredibly powerful. Any organization would be crazy to have it. If it weren’t for Katia, the two would either be dead or forced to work in another organization.

For these and other reasons Katherine is very overprotective of her sister and spoils her a lot. For her, Sara is the most important thing in her life, and she would give up everything for her little sister. So she couldn’t accept Sara’s actions. Like the older sister, it is she who must give up so that the younger sister can be happy.

Then, a heated discussion between the sisters started about Lucas, the result far from being decided.

...

Meanwhile, the Walker Sisters subject, Lucas, was watching May, who was driving in silence. He wanted to know what she is going to do. For now, he would only give suggestions. Whatever she wants to do, he will help her.

May, on the other hand, was still thinking about the fact that Sara was kidnapped ten years ago. She thought about asking about it, but Sara looked strange, very distant, as if she wasn’t paying attention to the conversation. When Katherine decided to end the meeting earlier, she gave up and decided to ask about it on another occasion.

The fact, however, remains in her head, as it means that Katherine has not told the whole truth before. She did not mention at any time that Sara had been kidnapped, neither about the warehouse underground nor about such an organization that did experiments on humans.