Chapter 224

ALEXIS'S POV Placing my hands in the sleeves of my jacket as I zipped it up, to keep myself under the protection of the silver-coated clothes so that anyone who will touch me will burn himself and won’t be able to touch me further or harm me, just in case I faced some harm on my way, I sighed for the umpteenth time as I followed Stone in the dark hallway as he took me to Robert so that I could find out about my parents. "How far is it, Stone? You had said it’s only a few steps away, and we have been walking for five minutes now, haven’t we?" I asked, and he paused before continuing his walking, making me look at him suspiciously. "I am asking you how far is it?" I asked again, and I heard his loud sigh. "I told you he is in the basement, Alexis. We were on the second floor. Do you think I am taking you through some kind of dark tunnel for us to reach there directly?" Stone asked, and I sighed before keeping quiet. He was right, he had indeed mentioned Robert being in the basement, but