[color=C6DEFF][center][h1]Lila Moriarty[/h1][/center][/color]
[sup][@Rai] [@13org][/sup]

Laying down in the stone bed, Lila could still hear Anui's last words echoing on her mind and the place where he kissed her burned on her skin. They were her only company on that cold and eerie bedroom. Chains were hanging down from the walls and ceiling, making it look more like a prison cell or a dungeon than a bedroom. Despite having a lot of questions, Lila knew far too well that no one would come answer her. She was already used to be treated like that. Even though it was decorated to look like a bedroom, it was still a cell, a cage...

"We will see each other again very soon. Believe in me." She heard Anui's voice on her head, a comforting reminder that she had someone dear to protect and who would protect her.

"...The Moriarty bloodline has been wiped out by the Aion not too long ago..." Dextra's voice echoed on her mind, almost as an answer to Lila remembering Anui. Her family was wiped out... by the Aion. She already suspected it, but hearing that coming from another Nayu...

Was she not good enough? Did Anui's mother not approve her? Was that the... right decision...? To simply let herself be captured without even saying a word? The old Lila would never find herself in such a vulnerable position. Without her weapon, being captured without even doing or saying anything... She could try to escape but then what? She wouldn't dare to abandon Anui and even if she did... Where would she go?

With all those thoughts haunting her mind, Lila had no choice but to lay down and wait. While the dim lit room and the eerie atmosphere didn't affect Lila at all, the cold, being without Anui to warm her, not able to see his smile, his gentle touch... Those things only made the night even harder for her.

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[center][h3][I]The Next Morning...[/I][/h3][/center]
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The morning came to Lila with a freezing cold sensation running through her body as the young Nayu girl curled herself due to the cold. As she woke up though, she heard a strange sound coming from the door. It was almost like if there was something scratching at the door. A few seconds later, the door was cracked open and a familiar snout appeared followed by a body and wings. It was Virais, whom was separated from Lila before she went to the ball. The small dragonling ran towards Lila, chirping happily and excitedly, making her open a small, discreet smile as it jumped on the bed.

Gently caressing him, Lila looked at the dragonling, who laid down nearby her after jumping around her for a while.

[color=C6DEFF]"So many things happened in just one day..."[/color] Lila mumbled as she caressed the dragonling.

But Virais wasn't the only one who came to pay her a little visit. The Nayu servant, the same one who took her to the ball, who was working for the Aion was there too. Even though she didn't held any resentment towards the servant, she knew that she was probably his enemy after all that, and his words couldn't be more clear about it.

[color=C6DEFF]"You have my gratitude for keeping him safe."[/color] Lila said to the servant, after hearing his harsh words.

[color=C6DEFF]"The Aion killed my family. They took away everything I could have. A family, a home... I was created as a weapon, a monster... used as a tool to slaughter my own kind."[/color] Lila said to the servant, the anger on her voice only barely noticeable.

[color=C6DEFF]"I don't want to see the Aion in my life never again. If they do anything to me, my Anui or to ruin my life once more, they will have to face the monster that they created themselves."[/color] She continued, with a firm voice. Even though the Nayu servant was kind to her since she met him, she didn't know him. She couldn't say he wasn't responsible for what happened with her family.

[color=C6DEFF]"Thanks for everything, but it would be better for you to leave, lest you want to be caught."[/color] Lila said, looking to the Nayu servant. She was grateful to him for taking care of Virais, bringing him back o her and helping her before the ball with the dress & everything. She didn't want to hurt him as he probably had nothing to do with what happened to her family, but she wanted him to know how serious she was.