Forbidden Heat

“Oh…and I wasn’t lying about the stars. You can see a bunch of stars from this mansion because it has a stargazing tower,” Edward defended himself as he winked at me.

A stargazing tower, huh? This place is away from the city too so it made sense that we would be able to see the stars from here.

‘I guess he’s always had an interest in astronomy…’ Lucien’s words came back to me. It can’t be…did Lucien figure it out?

“You don’t live here, right?” I asked for confirmation. This place was too far from the city for daily use, I thought.

“Right. I have a few other places at the city center. I don’t come here often so the old man you saw earlier must be so overjoyed that I’m here today. Let’s eat a lot at dinner to please him, ok?” Edward said as he took my hand in his before leading me deeper into the mansion.

I call it a mansion, but this place was different from the other mansions that I was used to. The architecture of his place was very modern and must be inspired by the latest Scandinavian architecture style. It was minimalistic with a clean silhouette and a lot of glass walls and windows instead of the neo-gothic architecture of other older mansions. I would still refer to it as a mansion due to its gigantic size.

“We have some time before dinner. Want to play a little game to kill the time?” Edward asked with a playful smile.

“What do you have planned this time?” I asked suspiciously.

“You’ll see,” Edward replied with a little laugh.

…

“This is the game room,” Edward said as he led me into the game room.

immediately why this was the game room when I stepped in. There was equipment for all sorts of games in the room and various game areas. Boardgames, dice, cards, balls and so many other

I’m not so good at it. Can we go

to play a very old and common game. The treasure hunt.

we search for a hidden treasure, right?” I replied. I know the game well enough,

time limit is 30 minutes. The treasure is in this room. If you can find the treasure within that time

I get if I win?” I asked. Games are only fun if there’s a

course, you’ll get to keep the treasure that you found. After all it is valuable and

am searching

suspiciously. I mean, I wasn’t even aware that I

gave you,” Edward replied with

hand immediately went to my empty neck. It can’t be…he had

the necklace is with you…?” I asked in confusion. Lucien took it so how can it be

free. This is the game room. If you want something, you must win it. How about this? If you win the treasure hunt, in addition to getting the necklace back, I’ll answer truthfully any three questions that you want. In exchange, I’ll

but what I wanted more was to get truthful

three questions and you will answer all of them truthfully, right? Even if…I asked about the incident in my dream, right?” I asked, hating how desperate I sounded. If this is a trap, then I have no choice but

dream. Want to play?” Edward said as he cocked his head to

answers out of Edward. Find the necklace in this

lose? What would

want to play this little game with me?” Edward said with a sweet

I just need to find the necklace in this room within 30 minutes and then I’ll get the necklace back along with answers! If I lose, then I’ll just have to