Chapter50:Chapter 50

Chapter 50 XENOIS "Don't bother," Celeste said quickly, moving between me and Alina as if she could physically block the conversation from happening. She shook her head as she looked at me with resolve in her eyes as she added. "I'm fine, really. It's nothing." She turned to Alina, and I caught the meaningful look that passed between them, as Alina seemed to concede and I pretended not to see it. She continued speaking to Alina giving her, her last orders for the day. "You can go now. Get back to what we discussed. We'll meet tomorrow as planned." Alina hesitated, clearly wanting to say more about this but she glanced at me and back at her before she nodded curtly and headed toward the door. "I'll have those files ready for you in the morning," she said, and something in her tone made me pay attention to her words as 9 tried to make sense of what was happening here.. Files? What files? After Alina left, the boys came running from the living room, their earlier drowsiness alrea