The Baroness Misbehaves

"Abbot??!" Cassian’s demeanor paled drastically when his brother spoke to Elijah without a veil to hide his appearance. At first, he thought he was imagining things, but after several blinks, it turned out he wasn’t hallucinating. Abbot was standing right there, speaking with the enemy, and he still looked human compared to Elijah who’s dim red eyes held a tinge of malice. This means Abbot is still human, but Elijah hates humans, so how does he know Elijah? And why are they here??

With the soft tune of the orchestra being played in the main hall, Cassian couldn’t grasp the conversation they were having, but he refused to look away, worried that he might lose sight of them if he did.

Watching them for what felt like minutes, they suddenly parted ways and went in the opposite direction. Elijah slipped his mask back on before disappearing from his sight, and that left only Abbot who continued to walk down the hallway.

With a deep frown gracing his face, a look of red flashed in Cassian’s Amber-brown eyes, and he stealthily moved away from his hiding place, following the stranger he was still finding difficult to believe it was Abbot. Could the mastermind shapeshift? After what he has come across so far in this case, shapeshifting would be the least of his surprises.

But he sensed no dark energy coming from Abbot. He was confused about what to make of this situation.

The more Cassian followed him down the hallway, the more he realized Abbot was heading towards the exit of the palatial building. From time to time, Abbot would look behind him as though he could sense someone was following him, but Cassian was quick to hide away. Seeing Abbot, Cassian couldn’t resist connecting the two dots that linked between Madeline’s information and Lily’s information.

If Jeremy is here, was the second person he went to meet Abbot?? For unknown reasons, Cassian could feel a surge of anger build within him, and if those two had any contribution with the Mastermind, he will be the one to tear them in half.

"If Juliana could see this." He muttered under his breath, wishing there was a way to capture this before stepping out of his hiding place and following him.