Chapter 50 - Mirage Diaries

'Another evening of torture…' 

This thought occupied Tyrone's head while he was having dinner with Raine. They were already in the penthouse eating the dinner that he cooked, simply because Raine preferred to eat his cooked meals than to eat out or order room service.

Soon enough, Raine finished her dinner and casually said, "I'll be in my room for a while to do some work. By the time I return, I expect you to be on my bed. Don't make me crawl to wherever you try to hide again, because that's so not hot."

Tyrone watched Raine's retreating back as she left the dining room.

"Was that a threat?" he murmured. 

Despite her tone, the look on her face still screamed that she would punish him if he dared to not obey her. Then he realized that there was no use sleeping in another room, seeing as Raine had access to all the locks on every door in the penthouse. This wasn't fair to him at all! She would get to have a good night's sleep while he would end up getting sleep-deprived in the process!?

On the other hand, Raine playfully hummed a tune to herself as she walked to her bedroom. She wondered what Tyrone would do later. Would he ignore her words and still stubbornly sleep in the other room? Or would he finally cave in and just come to her? She already knew that what she just told him kind of looked bitchy, but who cares anyway? So long as she got to sleep comfortably in his warm and strong arms, nothing else would matter.

She was about to go inside her secret room when her phone rang. It was notice for a group call from Lyne so she immediately answered it.

"Boss, you should see this… It's him, the lollipop boy," Lyne reported, together with Levi and Mia on the screen.

Hearing the news, Raine quickly watched the video Lyne had shared on the screen inside her secret room. She gasped as she saw the man's eyes in the black mask.

"I confirmed his body figure, and it matches with the lollipop boy's body profile, Boss," Mia interrupted.

Hearing Mia's words, Raine's face darkened as she then watched the man leave a note at the cashier of the minimart. It was eerily near the underground hide-out where Levi and Mia were staying with Aire.

"It said on the note that we should bring Aire to the theme park. He mentioned that the exchange would take place tomorrow at seven in the evening. And that in exchange for Aire, he will hand over the list that he stole from you," Mia relayed.

"That only means that Tyrone and the lollipop boy are not the same men. Please, Boss, don't trust that Tyrone too much. He's not the boy you saved! He's dangerous!" Levi urged in alarm. He knew that what he just said was completely off-point, but there were no other opportunities for him to say it to Raine. Their Boss needed to stop this false assumption that Tyrone was the Lollipop Boy for her own good. The sooner, the better. He firmly believed that the risks she was already taking were too much. It wasn't worth it!

"The boy the Boss saved?" Lyne questioned. She couldn't follow the conversation at all. What boy? And what did he mean by saved? It seemed as if she had missed a piece of vital information that Levi knew.

Mia sighed in frustration, then gave Levi a sharp glare, signaling him to shut his mouth. He was spilling out too much information. 

Raine retained a calm facade. But in her head, she had already started processing the situation. Mia and Levi probably knew a lot more about the past by now just from Aire reading the torn and missing pages of the Mirage Diaries.

"I guess you two already squeezed out every single detail out of Aire despite how I asked you two not to ask her a thing about it," Raine commented with raised eyebrows.

Levi and Mia both gulped. 

"Sorry, Boss," Levi first spoke. 

Mia followed, "Sorry, Boss."

"If you two plan on not following instructions from me again, then you are free to leave. But know that you won't leave without facing the consequences. Make sure this doesn't happen again," Raine seriously instructed. "Now, tell me everything you two found out from Aire." 

At her words, Mia was the one who spoke first. Lyne keenly listened in. They were in a video call, and Lyne couldn't hide her reactions to the information she was hearing.

'Damn!' Raine inwardly cursed. She was sure that the Mirage Council would soon ask for a meeting because of those torn pages. Everyone, mutants and humans, wanted to prove the existence of the Mirage, and the Mirage Diaries were one significant piece of evidence of the Mirage's existence. Only those of the royal blood of the Mirage Clans knew about the existence of the Mirage Diaries. However, it seemed as if others already knew about it. And now, her three musketeers were also aware of it too.

Written within the Mirage Diaries were significant events that had happened in the past regarding the Mirage, all seen and witnessed by the chosen historian or guardian through his dreams. Said historian or guardian would often lose consciousness whenever important events were happening that he needed to witness and record. It was always unforeseen, an ability that had no control over. 

The torn missing pages Aire had read were mainly about the eradication of the former King Arthur's family and his followers. It was no wonder then that Levi and Mia now knew what the connection was between her and the lollipop boy.  But the worst and most dangerous part of it all was that the three of them now knew how her father stole the throne from King Arthur. Her father, Marcus, didn't even have the royal blood running through his veins. As such, he had no right nor ground to usurp the throne.

Raine closed her eyes, taking a silent breath before opening them to look straight into the monitor, "If my father wakes up and finds out that you three already knew about that event…"

She paused. She couldn't continue on with her next words. Seeing this, Lyne chimed in, "Don't worry, Boss. You can erase our memories of it as soon as you come back."

Levi and Mia quickly agreed to it. They wanted to remain at their Boss's side, so they were more than willing to lose their knowledge about the Mirage Diaries and its existence. They were also aware that their Boss cared for them, so they didn't want to put her in such a tight spot as well.

Raine let out an audible sigh, "I will do that as soon as I return then.. It's for your own good and safety."