The mansion was all hyped up after the arrival of the handsome stranger. One of the Arcana Famiglia members had found him outside the gate, unconscious. They had no idea where he had come from and his eyes had not fluttered open. Not once. The maids had already dressed his wound which appeared to be a gash.

"Possibly a bladed weapon since his wound seemed to have been cut clean." As Angelica had mentioned.

"What are we gonna do?" Says a maid.

"I'm nervous. What will happen if he'll wake up?" Asks another.

"We'll have to just wait and see," Angelica's calm voice answers for the girl as the maids whirled around and saw her leaning on the doorpost, "Don't tell me that you don't want him to awaken from his beauty sleep?" They maids blush at this, "Or perhaps you actually have fallen for his pretty face?" She continues, clearly teasing them.

"N-no. We wouldn't--couldn't do that." One maid answers nervously.

Angelica chuckles, "I was only teasing, don't worry!" She says, "But would it be possible if you ladies leave me with the man for a moment?" She continues, her voice and face become serious suddenly, scaring the girls.

"Y-yes. Of course!" They answer, puzzled at Anglica's request, "Take all the time you need, Angelica! No prob!" They continue and quickly closed the door behind them.

"Now that we're alone, Ronaldo," Angelica says to the sleeping man, "I'm afraid I have three important questions for you, one: why are you here?; two: what happened?; three: who did this to you?" His eyes suddenly open and they immediately met Angelica's gaze. A smile of relief appears on his face.

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"Where's Angelica?" Felicita asks one of the maids.

"U-um. ."

"Have you seen her?"

"I-I last saw her in the room with the new guy." The maid answers nervously.

"Really? Okay. Thanks." Replies Felicita as she walked away and headed for the chambers. She starts wondering why Angelica was with the man. Does she know him? If she does, how did she know him? And where? All these questions swirled around her head like a tornado. Approaching the room, she catches Angelica walk out of the room. Watching her friend close the door, she notices that her face seemed distressed as if she found out a terrible truth. Angelica lets out a long sigh. Turning her heels, she turns her back on the door and calmly walks away.

Felicita's eyes watch Angelica disappear down the corridor. As soon as her friend was completely out range, she rushes to the chamber and gently opens the handles and quickly got inside. She turns to the man who appeared to be sleeping. Stepping towards him, she decides to take a look on his face. Well, of course, he had blonde hair. But unlike Liberta, his blonde hair had a golden tone to it, and was kept messy. He apparently was still sleeping. He seemed peaceful and no longer seemed terrified like earlier. The man seemed pale though.

Felicita gasps when his eyes suddenly open, "Ah. You're finally awake," she says, regaining her wits, "How are you feeling?"

The man only grins, "I'm fine," he suddenly sits up and kisses the back of her hand. Her eyes widen in shock, realizing that he was swift, just like Angelica, "What is a pretty lady doing here? Did you come to see how my pretty face looked like?" He asks calmly with a smirk on his face.

"U-um n-no!" stammered Felicita as she quickly backed away, "I only came to see how you were!"

"Is that so?" Felicita suddenly saw herself on the bed with his face towering over her. She panics realizing the situation she was in. He chuckles seeing her face redden. Closing her eyes, she hears the door bang open and felt the man pulled away from her. Opening them she saw Angelica, her face filled with rage and disgust.

"What are you doing?" She asks the man rather coldly, gripping his collar.

"I was only having some fun." He answers lamely. Felicita gasps seeing Angelica slap the man across the face, "You have become quite aggressive, cupcake." He mutters, rubbing his sore cheek.

"You're disgusting." She says bluntly, letting go of the man. She swiftly grabbed Felicita's wrist and dragged her out of the bed, "Do that again with any of the ladies here," She says glancing at him, "I'll kill you." She continues. He only smirks as she closed the door behind her. Felicita stares at her friend, seeing that Angelica wasn't planning on letting go of her wrist anytime soon.

"What were you doing there?" Angelica asks a moment later. They have walked quite a distance from the man's room, and Felicita felt nothing but guilt, worry, and shame.

"I--"

"You saw me walk out of the room didn't you?"

Felicita hesitates. She glances at her friend who kept a stern face as she continued walking, "I-I--yeah, I did." She turns away in shame.

"I see." Angelica answers, but more warm.

"You know him?" Felicita asks once Angelica had let go. She rubs her wrist, realizing that Angelica was gripping her wrist hard.

"What if I do?" Angelica says. Stopping on her tracks. Felicita looks at her friend in surprise, seeing her friend this mad with rage.

"U-um, An?" 

"Don't ever go near that man," Angelica says, "He's dangerous." Angelica continues and walks away. Felicita watched her friend disappear down the corridor, wondering what was between the two.

****Earlier****

"What are you concerned?" The man says with a grin on his face. 

"You came here to see me didn't you?" Angelica answers quite bluntly.

He sighs, "They'll be coming for you."

"They're sooo persistent."

"What can you say? You ruined their business." He answers, glancing away as he scratches the back of his head. Turning back to Angelica he yelped in surprise when she angrily answers him by grabbing his collar and suddenly slams him on the wall.

"Business? Business?!" She screams at him, "You call kidnapping innocent girls a business?? You damn, stupid, self-centered idiotic monsters!!"

"Are you saying that because something precious was taken from you?" He asks calmly, she trembles in rage.

She sighs, "I've heard enough from your filthy mouth," She says letting go of him, "I'm leaving. And you should to."

"Hm? Leave the room you mean?"

"No," she answers sternly, "Leave the mansion. Leave the grounds. The residence to be exact." She turns her heel, leaving him speechless as she left the room.

****End of scene****

"What happened exactly, between the two of you?" Asks Felicita as Angelica was walking away. 

"Nothing that you should know of." Angelica answers bluntly.

"Why? You've been with us for almost a month now! Why can't you--" Felicita blurts out.

"Look, Felicita," Angelica interrupts her. Felicita watches Angelica turn to her and sees sadness in her eyes. Felicita so surprised that she left her mouth gaping. She couldn't understand Angelica at all, she was like a puzzle with all pieces impossible to put together, "If I tell you anything. . . even if it was just a tiny piece of my past. . .  you'll start seeing me differently. My past is horrible. So horrible, ugly, gruesome. Many people had died because of me." 

"I-I don't understand." Felicita stutters. "What's going on??"

"Don't worry. One of these days, I may have no choice, but to tell you," Angelica says calmly, "So for now let us just prepare for tomorrow." Angelica continues. She turns and walks away, leaving Felicita baffled as ever.

"Hmph. So even she hasn't opened up to her comrades. How typical," Says Ronaldo from behind a pillar, "Taking her shouldn't be a problem." He chuckles as he disappeared through the hallway.

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