Lara ripped her way through the streets of surrey. She didn't care that she was speeding; all she cared for at the moment was knowing that Kurtis wasn't in trouble or at the very worst, dead. Lara knew that Kurtis would deliberately get himself into trouble, but, with his emotions going crazy; he might step into a trap unknowingly.

She drove around for the best part of an hour, checking in with contacts to see if they knew where Kurtis was. None of them knew and that was what Lara feared most; Kurtis just disappearing. After the tiring drive home, Lara parked her car in the garage and unlocked the door. As soon as she stepped in she sensed something was wrong.

"Lady Croft," Hillary said, looking into her crystal blue eyes. "You have a visitor"
"Who might that be?" Lara said unpleasantly.
"A lawyer from London, they say they have a package for you" Hillary said, with that he walked away.

"Miss Croft," said the lawyer, Mr Smith. "We have a package that was entrusted to us to give to you"
"Mr Smith, who would entrust a lawyer with a package?" Lara snapped.
"We were instructed to give this to you" Mr Smith said, handing her the package. "I'll let myself out"
"Wait Mr Smith. Do you not need some sort of reply to the package" Lara asked warily.
"I'm so sorry Miss Croft; I was under belief that you had had the news broken to you." Mr Smith said, placing two fingers on the bridge of his nose. "We were instructed to bring this package to you if we received news of Mr Trent's demise" Lara looked up as soon as she heard 'Mr Trent's demise'.

Lara fell to her knees. She couldn't believe this was happening. This is what she feared. Kurtis dying because of her careless actions. As soon as Lara fell to her knees, Alex ran down the stairs to her side. Lara began to cry uncontrollably. Alex held her close to his chest as Lara cried and clutched the package.

Mr Smith left without a final word. After ten minutes, Lara stood up and stormed to her study. Alex was going to go after her but Hillary blocked his path.

"Lady Croft would appreciate some time alone" Hillary said before going to tidy the lounge. Alex made his way to Lara's home gym to let of some steam.

Lara sat at her desk, staring at the package; examining it with her eyes. She took in the brown packaging and the reasonable size of the package. Slowly she slid a finger under part of the overleaf and opened the package. She saw a letter and a box. She opened the letter first...

Dear Lara,
I suppose this letter is a 'if you get this' letter. I hope this letter sees you well, I wish things hadn't ended the way they did. I'm sorry. I'm not hopeful that you'd shed a tear on my behalf, I won't take pride in making a lady cry.

Carrying on, I could never have hurt you in the Louvre. The moment I saw you I knew that I loved you, although I may not have shown it. I couldn't call you before going on this expedition; I refused and still refuse to put you in the line of fire.

I don't know how I kept up the facade of knowing what I was doing. I only agreed to this so that they wouldn't use you. The people in question are after an artefact that belonged to the Lux Veritatis. Me being the last of them had to protect it. Byron Coyle is the leader of the operation and I knew he wanted me dead the minute I set eyes on him in Egypt.

I know after the way I left I shouldn't be asking for your help but it isn't just my fate at stake, it's the whole worlds.

On that note I'll leave it up to you. Please don't get yourself killed like I obviously have.
My thoughts are forever with you Lara...

Kurtis

Lara sat and re-read the letter. She didn't notice when a single tear made its way down her elegant cheekbones. She glanced over at the box that had accompanied the letter. Using her letter-opener she pulled the box apart to reveal Kurtis' chirugai. That's what sent her over the edge. She stood up, picked up the chair she had been sat on and hurled it at the wall.

Hillary was going to go and make up Lara's bed sheets when there was a loud thud and the sound of wood splintering. He dropped the sheets he was carrying and hurried to the study in which Lara was laid on the floor, her knees clutched to her chest, holding the chirugai. He crouched down next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Lara?" Hillary whispered. "Are you okay?"
"Mr Smith said that Kurtis was dead," Lara said. "But I know that he isn't" She carried on confidently.
"Lara let's not be hasty" Hillary replied, trying to make her see logically.

Lara stood up with a strong stance. She strode out of the study, down to the tech room. She walked up to Bryce before speaking.

"Bryce, we'll need a flight to Egypt." Lara stated. "Immediately". Bryce looked up with confused eyes.
"Lara, I'm sorry to hear about Kurtis but don't make any rash decisions" Bryce said. He kept quiet when he received a death glare from Lara.
"He's not dead" Lara stated. She was caught off guard when Alex came up behind her and snaked an arm around her waist. She gasped.
"Lara, its okay. It's just me." Alex said, concern and worry in his tone. She eased slightly.
"A helicopter can be dropped off here for you to pilot" Bryce said, not looking up from the computer screen.
"I need someone else to pilot. If anything happens to me, then someone has to be there to get you all to safety." Lara said calmly, gesturing towards Bryce, Alex and Hillary.
"Okay Lara" Bryce said, sighing to himself. Lara had never admitted the thought of defeat. With that Lara decided to get some well deserved rest.