This time the group appeared in a luxurious room with gothic elements to it. The room had tall windows and soft moonlight shone through them. The first thing that the group noticed was a beautiful woman anxiously looking out the window.
She had very similar features to Sophia but was older than her.
Slender posture. Long, light gray hair and beautiful sky-blue eyes.
Burgundy, silk dress perfectly highlighted her pale skin and combined with moonlight made a perfect picture from a fairytale.
Suddenly her worried face lit up with relief and happiness as she saw someone from the window.
As she opened the window a handsome young man in his 20-ies appeared. The man slightly resembled Ezra. He had short black hair and was dressed in a servant's outfit which didn't go well with his temperament and looks.
"Reymond." Exhaled the beautiful woman as she hugged the man.
Love and tenderness were overflowing in their eyes as they embraced each other.
"Sure enough." Muttered Ezra.
"Care to explain?" Asked Anna.
"My youngest uncle, Reymon and Janine Montague. They fell in love, but the families were against them being together. They ran away from home but died tragically in the sacred forest. When they were found their bodies were already barely recognizable. The families blamed each other and themselves. It was a great tragedy and lots of people died in conflict from both families. Thankfully the one person that they both respected got involved and mediated the situation, but since then families hate each other even more." Explained Ezra and sure enough, his words were followed by the couple's dialogue.
"Everything is ready, my love. We will leave this place tomorrow." Said Reymond.
Janine couldn't help but worry.
"Are you having second thoughts?" asked Reymond.
"No, I just can't help but worry. I keep having this feeling like something bad is going to happen." Said Janine.
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you. Moreover, my second brother is helping us this time."
"Alister?"
"Hmm. Without him, we won't be able to leave undetected. He promised to help us. He knows how much we love each other."
At that moment someone opened the bedroom door and the cheerful voice of a girl followed.
"Auntie, Auntie."
At first, Reymond and Janine were startled but after seeing a little girl in a princess skirt they smiled warmly and relaxed.
"Your highness, who taught you to enter without knocking?" Joked Janine as she smiled.
"Ah. Uncle Rey, you're here too?"
"Bom"
"Ouch, Auntie that hurts?" Whined the girl.
"Who told you not to listen to the elders?"
"Wowww. Uncle hug. Auntie bullied me." Complained the girl as she went to hug the man.
"Come, come. Tell uncle who dares to bully our princess."
"It's aunty. Auntie bullied Sophi"
The two adults continued to chat and tase the cute girl in a princess dress as they laughed.
Then as if remembering something The girl looked up at two adults with questioning eyes.
"But uncle, Why are you here?"
At that moment Reymond and Janine couldn't help but become serious. Janine placed Sophia on her lap and started explaining.
"Listen, Sophia, Auntie will tell you a secret, but you can't tell anyone. Okay?"
"Not even Leo?"
"Not even Leo."
"Okay."
"Sophia, Your Uncle and I will have to leave this place for some time, but no one can know."
"Where are you going?"
"To a faraway place."
"Will Sophi Ever see you again?" Asked the girl with visible tears in her eyes.
"Of course you will see us, but not for some time."
"And I can't tell anyone that you're going?"
"You can't."
"Because grandpa will be angry?"
"Hmm."
"Okay, Sophi will keep your secret." Said the girl with reluctance.
The conversation continued for some time as the couple answered her questions patiently and it was decided that the little princess would sleep with her aunt tonight.
At the declaration, the couple couldn't help but laugh with obvious pampering and secretly hoped for a child like this for the future.
When Sophie left to get her pajamas and get ready for the bed, the two started discussing the details of the plan and after the conversation ended, Reymond and Janine kissed goodbye.
As the situation progressed the group noticed that both Leonard and Ezra were depressed.
"What's wrong?" Asked Jake.
"I am not too sure about what happened back then, but some of the details don't add up." Said Leonard.
"What do you mean?" Asked Anna.
"Uncle and Janine couldn't stay in the upper realm because they would be found right away and separated so they needed to use a teleportation array to go to the middle or lower realm. All the teleportation arrays in the upper realm are either controlled privately by the 12 great families or are under the joint control of a few families and closely monitored by the 12 great families. The only teleportation array they could have used was the one in the sacred forest.
But if Uncle Alister helped them then why were they unable to escape? Why were their bodies found in the forest instead? what happened to them?" Asked Ezra to no one in particular.
"And why is this Sophia's nightmare?" Added Leonard.
The situation was complicated and at this moment Ezra couldn't help but remember Sophia's previous words that the person she was most afraid of was Alister Bathory.
'Why? What happened back then? What happened to you?'
Thousands of questions were eating him from inside, but all he could do right now was watch. For some reason, he couldn't get rid of the feeling that what he was about to find out would shutter all his beliefs.
Zoel, Leonard, and Shio were also quite familiar with Alister. Everyone liked this guy and he was known for his generosity and kindness. Some even said he was too soft for being a member of the Bathory family and even Ezra's father known for his cruelty and bloodiness loved this younger brother very much.