Chapter 14: EXTRA! Timeline!

The timeline is in chronological order from the flashbacks to present day. Meaning, from the kidnappings to the end, the timeline follows as such.

- Lumi, Yu, Erin get kidnapped; each on a separate day.

- A month later, the men decide to hold a Masquerade Ball, the Interpol officer botches it.

- Lumi gets silent for another three weeks; meanwhile, Ivan is interrogating the Interpol officer. Erin and Mathieu begin planning their "escape".

- Events of five months are not mentioned, but during such time Lumi begins developing Stockholm syndrome, and the Interpol officer dies after being tortured and eventually shot through the heart (after his balls were shot off by Ivan). Erin and Mathieu are still planning their "escape." They get a visit by the one who set this all up (Alfred).

- Sixth month rolls around, Yu and Yao start fighting. Yu falls to her "death" and Yao kills himself by sipping tea. The blood in the kitchen, mentioned in chapter 12, is from a servant who accidentally pissed off Ivan by asking Lumi questions.

- Halfway through the sixth month, Erin and Mathieu finally "escape" during the afternoon and Erin is killed in the chapel. Mathieu, hearing her confession of her never straying, snaps. That evening, Lumi and Ivan are having their final dinner, or rather, "The Farewell Dinner". Interrupted by Mathieu, who confronts Ivan about the entire scheme. Mathieu dies; multiple blunt traumas to the head and beatings with a pipe kill him.

- Ivan returns to the dinner to only find that Lumi was gone, being carried away by Ludwig. He tries to stop him, but Yu miraculously survives and after Ivan gets a glimpse of Lumi in the car, sleeping calmly, he smiles and walks willingly to his death. Yu puts in two crosses bearing Ivan's and Lumi's name so that whoever had planned all this would be thrown off the scent of her still alive. Lumi's and Yu's survival is kept secret from the rest of the world by Ludwig for two years.

- Three months later, Lumi slips into a deep-state sleep, after having fits and asking about Ivan. Attacks Roderich in a fit of childish rage, and calmly says "He was in my way". Has no recollection of this evidence. After the attack, Lumi slips into the deep-state sleep three days later; Yu has yet to wake her up.

- Gilbert, Alfred, and Arthur find the mansion in the Black Forest, the main stage. They go around finding evidence of people living there, and they find a note that details everything that happened. Gilbert finds the grave with Ivan and Lumi (supposedly). Alfred starts a fire to keep the rest of the world from figuring out what he had done. Erin's remains have been found.

- They all reunite at Ludwig's house two days later, who doesn't know how to handle the situation. Finally, he lets Yu's survival out to Gilbert and Alfred. Arthur is currently giving a report to the rest of the United Nations. Yu and Ludwig then reveal to Gilbert (and Alfred unknowingly) that Lumi was alive, and explains what happens. Alfred walks away, cursing the fact that he wasn't successful. There were people still alive; this could fall back on him and he would be killed for the crimes he had committed. Therefore, Alfred had a very big problem on his hands.

- Shortly after Alfred finds out that Lumi is alive, she will be moved into the ICU section of the hospital (Not mentioned in Condemned Devotion, but will be mentioned in the sequel). A spirit of one of the victims figures out who had done this (at the burned out shell of the manor) and decides to exact revenge on the one who had done this.

Author's Note: Thank you to all who have followed/reviewed/favourited Condemned Devotion! I highly appreciate every single reader who has at least given my story a chance to take hold of your attention. I'd like to thank the reviewers: LillieHavfrue, Lilith Graves, Ratlah, and PandaFanForLife535, for sticking with the story even though it probably made little to no sense. I'd like to thank the creator of Hetalia, Hidekaz Himaruya for obviously creating the series and allowing the fans to write whatever they felt like (within reasons of course) with his characters! And finally, I'd like to thank my cowriter from deviantART, Sakriphice. She's been a real help in getting this story together (and helping with researching the tortures~), and I am eternally grateful to her.

I hope to see you in the next installment! It'll surely be a bewitching ride! ;)