Chapter 885 - Sigma army at the Chateau (1) (1/2)

~ France, Chateau ~

As soon as Aiden and Sarah reached their Castle, and finished in-person introductions with the staff, they started setting up devices for Eve through the property.

Drones came in handy in capturing layout and landscape in order to find best places for cameras and other sensors.

Sarah and Aiden want to hire more staff but are cautious about it because they fear that Eastern European families might try to infiltrate their people.

Existing staff is working here long before this Chateau ended up as Sarah's (and Aiden's)  property, so probability of them being secret spies is very low.

This is their closest property to the Lebedev family territory, and even though that is one of the reasons it was purchased, they can't help but be worried of potential attacks. That is where Eve comes handy: constant surveillance.

Sarah explained to the staff that they are setting up state-of-art security system which can warn them of any intruders, and it can lockdown the castle in case of emergency. In order not to reveal Eve to the staff, they installed few ”lockdown buttons” through the castle and told the staff that if they press it, it will do it's named purpose to lock and unlock the castle respectively: doors and windows.

The staff exchanged puzzled looks which said: 'Why would anyone intrude here?' They are working here for decades and they never had any thieves. And to the point that they need to lock themselves into the castle?

Sarah could guess their thoughts and said that it's better safe than sorry with an additional explanation that they should understand how two of them are a bit paranoid because those things happen in United States often. She didn't want to tell them about the potential dangers. But that only confirmed that they should hire capable security and few people they can trust. That will be a challenge.

Eve can warn them of intruders, and even if she knocks them out, there should be some people who can deal with that mess.

After all this talk with staff, Aiden decided to work on his French. Eve was live-translating through his earpiece what the staff said, but he relied on Sarah to speak to them.

Lucija and Petar arrived first. They were impressed with the Chateau and they agreed to postpone official tour of the place for when everyone gathers. After seeing where the living and dining room are as well as the kitchen, Lucija and Petar retreated to their room and told Sarah and Aiden that they will see each other for dinner, with an excuse that they are tired from the trip.

Sarah only raised her eyebrow suspiciously; she knows what those looks mean. They are not tired, but who is she to expose them?

After dinner, they all headed to their rooms. The rest of the gang is scheduled to arrive next day.

”What do you think?”, Aiden asked Sarah.

”About?”

”Everything.”, he spread his arms.

”I like the place very much. Thank you.”

Aiden smiled. Her lit up expression is the affirmation that he did a good job in picking this castle.

Sarah thought that she should say more. ”I mean it. You always think about everything. The place is amazing, it has space for everything, and I think that one of the rooms in the basement can be used as a VR room. Also, I would like to go and check the stables tomorrow. The place came with horses, right?”

Aiden confirmed. ”We can go riding tomorrow.”

Sarah gave him a smacking kiss. They didn't ride horses together (yet). She can imagine Aiden looking regal on top of a horse like a dashing knight.

Aiden knocked her on the forehead lightly. ”Stop daydreaming.”

”What?” Sarah was startled. ”How do you know?”

He laughed. ”I told you many times, I know your daydreaming face.”

Sarah pouted. ”You interrupted me. It was about you.”

”Oh? Now I'm curious.”