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Neith looks around the table with her hands folded. 'No one knows anything? Gentlemen, ladies, a facility of this company exploded last weekend. Who's department is that?' 

They all bend their heads while avoiding her eyes and staying quiet. 

'I'll deal with it. Get out.' 

As if those are the words they've waited for, they leave quickly. 

With a deep sigh, she goes back to her office. 

Kiki is right behind her. 'You have one appointment, and that's the last one for today.' 

'Thanks.' Neith closes the door and heads for her desk. 

The door opens, and Kiki comes inside with flowers. 'Delivered for you, miss Alastair.' Putting it on the desk, she goes back to her place. 

'Nice flowers.' She smells the flowers. What is a combination of daisies, pink roses, iris, and lilies. 'Between them, she finds a card. 'The roof? Alright, I'll bite.' Curious to who send them, she picks a lily and goes to the roof. 

Hoping she would come, he hides behind a corner. 

She opens the door and steps on the roof. 'I'm here.' 

'I'm glad you came.' He shows himself. 

Hearing his voice, she smiles and turns around. Showing the lily in her hand. 'They smell nice.' 

He comes closer. 'Keep them here on your desk. That way, I'll know you think of me.' 

'I already do. What changed, Dumon?' 

'The thought of losing you.' He moves a strain of hair behind her ear. 'Do you know what a king and a queen are to each other?' 

She nods. 'Equals.' 

'And they should be because they rule the land together.' 

'Dumon, I have to cut you short. They don't know I'm gone. What if Kiki comes inside and doesn't find me there?' She hears him laugh. 

He even shakes his head. 'I messed with the printer. She'll be busy for a while.' 

'That's not nice.' Still, she does like the idea of what he did to get her alone. 

Dumon smiles. 'Go then.' He kisses her on her cheek. 'I know that I will see you. Soon too.' 

'Unbelievable.' Neith is surprised. 'We live in the same building. I do swim in the evening, between eight and ten now.' She winks at him and goes back quickly. After all, she did find out that she could sleep all night. Knowing that Dumon is sneaking away somehow, she smiles. 'He messed with the printer while flowers are delivered to get me alone on the roof.' She sits down.  

'Miss, your appointment is here.' Kiki knocked on the door first. 

'Thank you.' She has to hold her laugh when the woman goes back. Probably to the printer. 'Gentlemen, have a seat.'

They both take place. 

'For the tournament next year.' One starts. 'We can get started with a few things. What do you wanna give the duelist who wins it all?' 

'Trophy and the title duel champion,' Neith reacts. 'And maybe something small for the contestants who made it to the finals. Duelists bring quite an audience, and if we make this an annual event, money will not be an issue. They always want a challenge, and that's what a tournament provides them. All we have to do is make the tournament a little different than the previous one. This year, Mr. Heartland had a duel coaster. I'm sure that we can do better.'