Chapter 55 FIFTY-FOUR

MORGIANA'S POV I didn't know about this island they were talking about but it seemed quite far. Judging from the private plane that Hawke had somehow managed to acquire, it's pretty obvious it's going to be a long ride. Or flight. Aside from that, I couldn't believe that I am going to ride a private plane. It's not that big-just enough for all of us to travel. Alaris told me it was owned by Hawke and when I asked Hawke about it, he just shrugged and told me it was Nikolai's. I can only imagine the wrath his tied-up brother was in when Hawke took his plane. "Do you know of this island?" I asked Arleigh who was standing beside me. She remained quiet and when I looked at her, she looked...distant. Her body's next to me and yet her mind is somewhere else. Something is definitely bothering her as she had been very silent ever since we arrived at the meeting place. The same is true with Laurent. I don't know what was wrong but whatever bothered the two of them had to involve each other. They