The Heirs

CHAPTER 24 - TRUST

Take care of what? Who was this Johnny?

Cyane stopped mid-stairs when she finally recognized the name. Johnny Zeke. The rogue whom everyone claimed had kidnapped Prince Saint.

Suddenly, Cyane wanted to see Johnny's photo and confirm for herself if it was the same guy who had hit Saint in the head that day.

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Coming to a halt at the top of the stairs Cyane noticed the front door of the room next to Xan's apartment, open. It had been closed for weeks until today and now, she could hear Brody and Miki talking from inside.

"Go in" Xanthos held her arms from behind and urged her into the direction of his apartment.

"That room?"

"It's empty. We have broken into it to store some stocks" he said and she narrowed her eyes. "I will send Jayson here" he added before he closed the front door from the outside, locking her in.

Gritting her teeth, Cyane muttered few filthy curses at Xanthos before placing her ears against the door to eavesdrop. She could hear footsteps and some metals clanking, but that's about it!

When she failed to catch anything good, she huffed. She went to the balcony but when she saw the huge iron bars which were rusted, she panicked and went back into the room.

She couldn't even ask Mr Black to go after them because he was out again. He had been with her until afternoon but had left after lunch and wasn't back yet.

Sometime later, she could hear them rushing downstairs and she huffed because now it would be even more difficult to track them. Her sense of smell wasn't as strong as them.

Almost ten minutes later, Jayson came into the room with a couple of books in his hands and a pencil behind his ears.

"Wow! Those books are thick" Cyane commented when she saw the books Jayson was holding.

"I know" Jayson chuckled.

"You have to study all that?"

"For finals, yes. But for Monday's test just a couple of chapters" Jayson murmured, placing the books on the table.

Cyane looked at his zoology book and then picked up a notebook. "You draw too?" she asked impressed.

"Yes. Not as good as you, but I do draw" he grinned. "What have you drawn so far?" he asked picking up her sketchbook from the T.V stand.

"Nothing much as of now," Cyane said and quickly pulled her sketchbook from his hands. The last time she had shown it to him, she had not drawn anything about Liberi, but now she had started drawing them and she didn't want him to see it and inform the others.

Jason raised his brows but didn't comment when she held the book close to her chest and paced the length of the living room.

"Can you show me a picture of Johnny Zeke?" she blurted out and Jayson narrowed his eyes.

"I do not have a picture of him, but I can search it for you. There's this website in the darknet with information of Johnny and the wolves from the nest. I can look it up. But why do you need it?" Jayson asked.

"They were all talking about him just now and I want to know who he is" Cyane shrugged.

Jayson nodded and leaned back in his seat. When he picked up the book, Cyane made an irritated noise.

"What? Now?" Jayson said startled and Cyane nodded. "It's in Gray's laptop and it's in our apartment, I have to go down there."

"Please.... It's urgent!"