"Edward..." Carlysle's calm but controlled voice made him turned his head. He was at the hallway, walking back to his room, satiated from the hunt, when his father's voice interrupted him.

"Dad?" He cocked his head.

"Can we talk?" Carlysle's face was serene as usual but he can sense something from the way that he was looking at him.

"Of course!" He snapped.

"Follow me in the den." Carlysle led the way.

He was silent as he walked behind his father, tagging along with him. Carlysle was silent while they were on their way and he chose to remain mum too.

They went inside the family den. Carlysle picked the remote control and turned on the wide, flat screen, 3D tv set. He played a recording that he saved in the DVD Player.

He was silently watching his father, following his every move.

The television sprung to life. He saw a newscaster, broadcasting a late night breaking news. The crease on his forehead appeared as he watched the recorded news.

Kareem Mahmud, assassinated! Palestinian leader and key player to the truce between Israel and Gaza, Kareem Mahmud was shot to death last night by a ruthless assassin who was able to break through his highly guarded, secret safe house and fully armed security forces. Thus, putting a halt to the drafted truce between two rival nations, Israel and Palestine. The truce could have ended the senseless war that have been for decades since Israeli and Palestine people battled to put their claims over the land they both consider their home. Now, after decades of war, Israel and Palestine finally came to sign a lasting peace agreement, with the fervor initiative of Kareem, but the dream to secure peace at long last, was kaput, now that the charismatic Palestinian leader is dead. Thousands of people, both Israelis and Palestines wept with the heartbreaking loss. But the big question is, who is behind his assassination? Breaking News will be back with more details about this tragic incident.

The crease on his forehead deepened as his thick brows cocked against each other.

Carlysle played another recording.

We have the latest information, exclusive details of the assassination of Mahmud Kareem, the Palestine leader who would actually make history by ending the decades long war between Israel and Palestine. He was assassinated the night before he can sign the lasting peace agreement between Israel and Palestine. After thorough investigation, the assassin was identified! And she was a woman. An official sketch was released early this morning by the FBI, as the sole survivor, who was still under observation in the hospital, described the lady assassin. However, her identity remains a mystery. This is the official sketch, as released by the authorities.

Edward's eyes locked to the screen of the television as a cartographic photograph of the assassin was flashed on the screen.

That woman! His eyes turned darker as he recognized the sketch. It was black and white but the strokes of the pencil finely captured the beautiful features of the woman that he had saved from being mauled and killed.

So she was an assassin?

For a moment, he just stood there, transfixed, with eyes glued to the television.

He knew right from the start, when he saw the woman on the air, descending to the ground like a dark angel, that she was not an ordinary woman at all. She had some serious business going on but he never expected that she was an assassin.

Her image inside the emergency room, looking vulnerable and helpless like a child, flashed in his mind. He could not associate her to the ruthless assassin who killed Kareem.

He shook his head in disbelief.

Carlysle cleared his throat to get his attention. The television was already off but he was still looking at it. His eyes darted at his father's bleak face.

"Dad..." His voice was squeaky. He knew that his father wanted to know the truth but he didn't know what to tell him. He had no idea who the hell was the woman that he had saved amidst the shootout incident that she had entangled herself with. And he was not able to read her mind. He too was clueless.

"The lady that you brought here..." Carlysle's voice was steady as he spoke... "was the assassin that was on the news?"

He blinked as his eyes turned two shades darker. "I think so..." He mumbled, disoriented.

"You're not sure?" Carlysle probed.

He looked back at the television. "Honestly Dad, I don't really know. I have no idea who was the woman I have saved from getting shot to death. All I know was that she was on the run, trying to escape the group of armed men who were after her life, raining bullets behind her, shooting her with their high powered ammunition. She was alone and greatly outnumbered. If I didn't come in rescue, she's dead now." He almost choked as he said the word 'dead.'

"You don't know her?"

He shook his head. "I was hunting when I heard gunshots and when I checked out what was happening, I saw her on the run, trying to get away as armed men ran after her. They were shooting her. I helped her get away but she was already seriously shot and wounded. She needed a doctor so I brought her to our house so you can treat her injuries and save her life."

Carlysle was silent for sometime. "The authorities are looking for her."

"Please do not tell them where she is!" He snapped right away.

Carlysle's piercing eyes hooded at him for seconds.

"I mean while she's still in fragile condition, of course. We can't hand her over the authorities while she's not yet good."

"We don't know her, Edward..."

"Well, we can ask her once she wakes up." He didn't know why he was fighting for her that bad.

"We don't really know the whole scenario here," Carlysle said after sometime. "For the meantime, we'll keep her, while I check her whereabouts."

"You'll investigate her?" His eyebrows rose.

"We have to know her, son. She's wanted and in a great controversy now. But we don't know what really happened. I'm not judging her this early. For all we know, she might be innocent. That's why I need to investigate."

"Okay," he shrugged his shoulders. "Do what you need to do, Dad. Thanks!"

Carlysle tapped his shoulders and walked away, leaving him alone in the den, thinking about the woman he had saved.

He was baffled too. And he wanted to unravel that film of dark mystery that surrounded her real identity.

And he decided there and then that he too will also conduct his own investigation.