I couldn’t bear to ask about her parents anymore, so I moved on and asked about Felix instead.
Still, the little girl didn’t seem to know much about her brother’s whereabouts. Felix didn’t want to tell her much and had to lie that the outside world was wonderful.
Finally, Alva led us to a hidden air-raid shelter. The shelter was located to the west of the children’s park, its back facing the orphanage. The entrance was covered with thick vines, perfectly concealing it.
“At nine o’clock, we are required to go to bed. But when the lights are off and everyone is sleeping, I sneak out and wait for my brother here.” Alva skillfully crawled past the vines and invited me into the shelter. “Come on in, young lady. Let’s sit.”
I followed her in.
The air-raid shelter was not that big, but it was enough to accommodate about a dozen werewolves inside. Alva and Felix were young and small. This space was more than enough for them.
Alva knew where the area was clean enough to sit. She then rummaged through a pile of things on the side and showed them off. “Young lady, look. These are gifting my brother gave me that I hide here.”
I gently touched her gifts with pity in my heart.
Alva’s treasures were nothing more than rubbish from outside the wall. There was a broken music box, some glass marbles that were scratched up, and withered flowers.
Still, they were all clean. There were even some snacks.
I couldn’t imagine how difficult it must have been for Felix to obtain these things outside the wall.
“Does this look beautiful, young lady?” Alva smiled as she raised a stuffed white bear toy to my face that only had one ear left. She was like a hamster showing me her hidden treasures.
“Yes, it is.” I choked back my tears.
Alva then sighed. “My brother didn’t come to see me yesterday and I don’t know why.”
Guilt filled my heart, and I couldn’t help but hug her. We stopped Felix yesterday. That was why he couldn’t see Alva.
“You will see your brother tonight.” I tried to comfort the little girl.
However, Alva shook her head. “He won’t be coming tonight either.”
Sylvia’s POV
“Why?” I was curious to hear her answer.
Alva propped her chin in the palm of her hand and looked a little depressed. “I don’t know why. But my brother never comes to see me on this day every month.”
“Didn’t your brother tell you why?” I asked in confusion.
“He refused to tell me because I’m a kid.” Alva snorted.
I couldn’t help but laugh at that. “Your brother is also a kid.”
“But my brother is taller than me.” Alva countered, resting her arms on her hips. “I’ve eaten so many onions but haven’t grown even an inch taller.”
“Onions?”
Alva’s nose scrunched up with disgust. “I hate onions. They are smelly. But my brother said that eating onions could help me grow taller.”
“Alva, you’re still too young. You will be taller than your brother when you grow up.” I sat beside her and grabbed her hand, gestured to a tentative height on the wall. “I guess you can grow this tall.”
Alva’s eyes widened, and her jaw dropped in shock. “That tall? As tall as you?”
I nodded with a smile. “Yes.”
Alva looked thrilled. She took out an old crayon from a tin box that had been peeled off. Then, she touched the place on the wall where I had rested my finger and drew a horizontal line. “This is my second wish.”
“Can you tell me what your first wish is?” I asked, examining her face.
“It’s being with my brother,” Alva replied earnestly. Then, she clenched her fist and patted her chest. “It will definitely come true if I grow taller.”
“You will, Alva. That’s my wish too. I gently touched her head.
Alva was a very talkative girl. Although she was young, I could connect with her. She had answers to all my questions, even though some were too bizarre to make any sense. I also realized she had a strong memory. Although she couldn’t see, she could remember almost everything she had heard from others.
I talked to her for a long time, but it was getting late. Therefore, I decided to send her back.
However, I still had a few questions about Felix. I could tell he was avoiding us. If it was a deliberate effort, it would be difficult to find him.
I couldn’t come and see Alva in the orphanage often. After all, Geoffrey had too many spies. If we weren’t careful enough, we might end up alerting him.
I glanced at Alva, who was happily eating candies. Just then, an idea occurred to me. I gave her my phone number.
Alva repeated my phone number correctly. “Is this your phone number?” she asked quizzically.
“Yes. When you see your brother next time, you can ask him to call me on this number.” After a pause, I added, “And if you want, you can also call me any time.”
“Okay!” Alva agreed. “I will tell my brother. I will also secretly call you.”
I closed my eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. Felix cared about Alva most than anyone else. If he knew that I had discovered her existence, he would contact me.
Felix had been living on the streets of the park ever since he was born. He was a cunning boy, and I believed he knew everything. It seemed easy to get information about the pack from him. Now, it all depended on whether he would agree to tell us the information we needed or not.
Besides, I had another motive. I wanted to help the siblings. Even though the current situation was complicated, I still wanted to try my best to improve the life of the two kids.
I would be glad if I at least managed to get Felix to move out of the sewer.
At that moment, I heard Alva’s teacher’s voice from outside. She was looking for Alva.
Alva grabbed my hand nervously. “What do we do now?”
“Don’t worry. I promise I won’t let anyone discover your secret base.”
I immediately picked up Alva in my arms and crossed the children’s park discreetly, pretending to appear from another place.
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