Chapter 216: Expectedly Unexpected (1/2)

Slamming the door behind her, Jayden inwardly took a deep breath only to be surprised by an uncontrollable barrage of coughing, her eyes becoming itchy and slightly teary like there was something stuck inside, which prompted her into inspecting the room around her.

From the shabby, dusty, almost broken look of the faded golden door, she was able to assume what the interior would look like yet it seemed far, far worse than she ever expected as she began to frantically look around with her gray, dust-filled vision.

Considering Abby's position in her family, her room was extremely small, not even a fifth of the size of her own room, the size was more comparable to that of a servant's chamber than that of the daughter of one of the most important families in the country.

The room that was supposed to be crimson in colour was now more like ash, died gray with dust. The few surfaces such as drawers and tables around the room also had the same colour of infested rot, rust and faded gray.

The curtains that were hung at the back of the room that led into the small balcony were torn and tattered, the sign of black burn marks on the tips.

The bed that was once no doubt red was stuck to one of the walls and was in a very similar condition, the seethrough blinds all around it accumulating so much dust that it almost became opaque, similar burn marks on it and the wall around. She damn near expected a mouse to walk out from under it and she would not have been surprised if there was an entire rat colony living beneath such a putrid, disgusting bed.

Although she did not require any light source, she could not help but notice that no matter how many times she tried to flip the light switch on or off, nothing would happen.

The smell of burnt dust filled the air, making it seemingly the only thing that they both inhaled as they both contained themselves and controlled their urge to cough.

It was almost like the room was abandoned, forgotten and unmaintained for many years, something that she knew was no doubt the case. She began to even doubt if the bathroom was still fully functional and why her parents had even agreed for Abby to come to such a dirty, disgusting place. Yet she really did not even have time to ask such questions which seemed rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things.

Instinctively taking a deep breath, dust coming into her system once more making her let out a small cough, her gaze shifted towards Abby who was standing casually in front of her like she was waiting for her to speak.

However, before she could do anything, Jayden needed to confirm a few things.

”So, are there any cameras in the room? Is there a sound-cancelling crystal installed?”

Jayden's voice was low but audible, making Abby immediately respond with no hesitation, a serious look on her face as she whispered back with an equally low voice.

”No, there are no cameras in here. But, there is a sound-cancelling crystal. This room hasn't been touched in many years, probably since the last time I was in the house since my parents really hated me, so, there are definitely no cameras. The only thing that should still be fully working is the bathroom,”

”Well, that's good to know then,” Jayden replied with a nod and a smile.

For some odd reason, Jayden took Abby's words at face value and did not even question them, her trust for her being that strong. She had the urge to not even look if there were any cameras to show her trust towards her but in the end, she ended up taking quick glances anyways, just in case something new arose that was unbeknownst to Abby. And, just like she expected, although she did not look very hard, she found absolutely nothing, making her show a bright smile.

”All clear, I didn't find a single thing,”

”I told you!” Abby replied with a casual chuckle, making Jayden feel comforted as it felt like the good old times in her mind.

Yet, she only got lucky that what Abby said was in fact the truth. If there had been any extremely tiny cameras hidden, then Jayden would not have found them and been completely exposed. That small lack of care stemmed from her trust towards Abby who seemed completely certain of her words, not even mentioning the fact that there was a chance that she might have been wrong since she had not been here in years, which she for some reason ignored and deemed as completely normal.

Now that there were no longer any cameras, Jayden casually and with no hesitation closed her eyes, her body cracking and shifting, her height shrinking down to around 2 inches shorter than Abby, the once short black hair on her head now growing immensely and turning dark blue, her cute face, feminine charm, and bountiful assets returning on her body as she transformed back into her normal self, making Abby's eyes go wide as she smiled, seemingly because she was now able to see her best friend's face once again after being kidnapped, Jayden returning the sentiment with a cute smile of her own.

Now, clapping the dust away from her hand and armour, Jayden took another deep breath, only to profusely cough once more.

However, once she regained her composure, she lifted her hands up to her side, as the sound of stretching of flesh and cracking of bones filled the air, Jayden's body stretching to an unnatural degree until it was enough for another person's entire body, as it separated from her main one. That blob of flesh and blood immediately shifted and transformed, opening their eyes as they saw the world for the first time, a complete, perfect clone of Preston, although far, far weaker, bowed down ready to receive orders from his master.

Not too long after, another clone appeared, ripped out of Jayden's body as they too opened their clear blood red eyes, their crimson dress a small light in the otherwise dark room, that person of course being none other than Abby.

With wide-open sights, not even able to utter a single word, Abby stood there in the middle of the room, still shocked at what she had just witnessed.

She always knew that Jayden could do such things but not to this extent and proficiency, the last time she had seen Jayden use clones, it took her almost 5 minutes to do and took all of her mental concentration, now she was able to summon 2 at a time, casually and instantly with no care in the world.

”You 2 already know what to do right?” Jayden spoke with an air of authority at her two kneeling servants, leading to them both nodding their heads firmly before gazing back up at their master.

”Yes, we completely understand our orders!”

With a smile on her face, Jayden pointed at the door.

”Now leave and serve me well,” Her cold, commanding voice a complete contrast between that and the voice that she used to normally address Abby.

Then, without hesitation, the 2 clones nodded once more, standing back up and casually yet confidently walked towards the door, the Preston clones opening it up and holding the door open from the outside with a bow, waiting for the Abby clone as she elegantly walked through the door, prompting them to close it behind them with an audible slam.

”Those 2 were just my clones so they are not the brightest at all times but they should buy us more than enough time to flee, the maximum time they can stay ”alive” will be 24 hours which will be more than enough. They should at least take care of the 2 servants that had been tailing us for so long,” Jayden said in a calm voice, shifting her gaze towards the window of the room.

”Well, I would have liked to ask you many questions but we are really low on time. We can discuss things when we get back to the school and see Moby, maybe he can fix whatever happened with your mind link,”