Chapter 4: Eradication
The man who saved Raine gently placed her on the bed before grabbing the booklist from her hands. He looked at Raine as he whispered, "It would take hours for you to wake up. You will be safe here until then."
He stared at Raine for some time. She seemed to be having a dream taking on the look of a sleeping beauty waiting for a prince to kiss her from her slumber. But... he was not her prince, he was her nightmare.
"Enjoy your dream, Princess..." he whispered before leaving Raine inside the room.
’What is this?’ Raine mused as she opened her eyes and saw a familiar place. Her eyes widened, realizing she was once again inside her dream.
She stared at the man and the little girl not far from her. The man with a cigarette was her father and she was that little girl.
"A Mirage is an optical illusion; something that you think you’re seeing but isn’t actually there. To look at, to wonder at," the man with a scar on his right cheek recited before sucking on the cigarette he was holding. The burning smoke of tobacco filled his mouth, an amused smile adorning his face as each word he spoke let out puffs of cigarette smoke.
"That’s the dictionary definition of Mirage... No wonder the founder of our group named it Mirage. Such a brilliant name, don’t you think? People questioned the real existence of this group. Yet, we present ourselves as an illusion to them, making them think that we don’t exist," he added as he threw his cigarette away before staring at the King of Moon Clan, Arthur.
"Ahh, this is a sight to behold... the King on his knee like this... tsk..." Marcus, the scarred man, mocked with a click of his tongue.
"You won’t get away with this, Marcus! Father will not let this go!" Arthur hissed. His eyes were burning red with anger directed at the man before him.