"Breath, you can do this ", Aria breathed, gazing at herself in the mirror.
She was dressed in the black laced lingerie that had been packed for the honeymoon.
She frowned seeing how see-through it was.
"Was this really your taste in clothes, sister?" she gulped.
A knock came at the door, "Alya are you okay? It was her newlywed husband Kallias Vane.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just had trouble opening the suitcase," she said. Giving one more glance in the mirror she decided to change again.
But nothing in the packed suitcase was safe to come out in.
She internally screamed, what was she to do if he made an advance towards her? This was her sister's husband, after all, and the man she suspected of killing her.
But she took a deep breath, remembering the contract she had seen in her sister's things, between her and Kallias.
It stated they were only married for public reasons and were only acting as a couple in public, but would keep out of each other's personal lives.
Opening the door, she walked out wrapped in a robe. she had opted to cover up rather than walk out in the scary lingerie that had been packed for the honeymoon night .
She had wondered why her sister had packed such stuff if their relationship wasn't romantic.
He was already in bed, doing something on his laptop , he sure was a busy man working on his wedding night . Quietly, she climbed on the bed entering the covers ,taking the opposite side .
"Tired?" he asked.
"A little, I didn't know weddings could be this exhausting ", she answered, pretending to yawn.
"You can go ahead and sleep, I still have a few things to do " he said.
"Okay , goodnight Mr. Vane" she said.
Aria turned away as she laid down.
Silence filled the room.
Kallias went ahead with his work, and after he was done, he placed his laptop aside and leaned back on his pillow.
"You know you have never called me Mister or Vane since I have known you " he muttered.
Aria gulped not moving.
"It was either Kallias or you stupid mafia " he chuckled.
Aria bit her lip , even after trying so much to perfect her act of being her twin sister ,he had seen through it .
"I know your awake so don't pretend your sleeping and answer me . What are you playing at Alya?"his voice was stern.
Aria slowly sat up muttering.
"I am not Alya but here twin sister , Aria " she said.
A few weeks back ....
Aria had been lost in her research for her upcoming novel when she received a text from her twin sister, Alya.
"Kallias Vane " she read.
"Huh, what the hell is she sending me? " Aria yawned, placing her phone aside and going back to work.
She had hidden away from her family and decided to live her life in secret, unlike her influential family and famous sister.
But two weeks later she was staring down at her sister's corpse in the hospital, where she had been admitted for poisoning .
It was a new type of poison that the doctors failed to identify and soon her body gave up and she died .
Aria remembered the text and turned to her mother to find out who the name belonged to, and it was her soon-to-be husband Kallias Vane.
The wedding was in three days, and Alya had been found unconscious at her place by her mother . She had just got back from having dinner with him.
Aria decided to take her sister's place and find out why his name had been sent to her by Alya and why her sister had died a few hours after meeting him.
The wedding had gone by smoothly he had not suspected anything. Aria had planned to attack him on there honeymoon where he wasn't surrounded by his men and defensively.
She had laid down and pretended to sleep patiently waiting for him to sleep so she could put her plan into action .
Kallias chuckled .
"Is this some kind of joke ?" he glanced back at her.
His smile didn't reach his dark orbs.
She stepped out of bed and disappeared into her bathroom where her second suitcase was still at.
Kallias frowned when he noticed the knife in her hands when she returned .
"Where did you get that ?" he muttered.
"From my suitcase" she answered.
He was calm with no hint of fear as he got up and walked up to her.
"How the hell did you pass that through security ?"he asked.
Aria breathed holding it tighter .
"You don't need to know that , just answer my questions " she let out.
He sighed calmly looking down at her. Kallias could see her trembling hands as she tried to keep calm. It was obviously her first time doing this .
He moved back sitting down on the foot of the bed.
"Alright , what are your questions ?".
Aria glared back at him speaking.
"Why did you and my sister sign a marriage contract for three years ?" She asked.
"I believe it's between me and her but since you seem to know about it then why do you ask? " he answered.
She breathed. The contract didn't give the details of why they where having such a contract between them so she didn't know much .
"Why don't you ask your sister she will tell you why " he added.
Aria bit her lip holding back her tears.
"I can't " she muttered.
"You can't and why is that ?" his dark cold eyes watched her expressions. She was hiding something.
"I just can't " she gulped her tears stung .
"Is it because your the same person . Alya I believe this joke has gone too far , let's stop " he said.
"Alya isn't here anymore ...and we are not the same person. I am here twin sister " she yelled.
"Alya never mentioned having a twin sister and the investigation didn't say anything about her being a twin " he said.
Aria sighed.
"That's because I broke away from them, my family and sister. She wanted the crazy attention type of life while I wanted the quiet one . So I decided to leave " she explained.
Kallias scoffed.
"You expect me to believe all that . Yes I noticed something was wrong during the wedding earlier and even now but I didn't expect you to play such tricks on me ".
Aria blinked , so he had already noticed since earlier.
How much time had he spent with her sister to notice the difference?. Even her parents had always failed to differentiate them if one of them acted like the other.
"Alya put the knife away before you hurt yourself and tell me why your doing all this silly act " he got up trying to grab the knife from her .
She moved back pointing it at him , "stay back and answer my question".
"And what exactly is it you want to ask ?" he looked fed up now.
"Why did my sister collapse from poisoning just a few hours after having dinner with you ?" She asked.
He frowned , "collapsed, poisoned..what the hell are you talking about Alya ".
"Alya is dead ...she is gone " she yelled her tears finally falling.
Kallias paused ,"What ?!"he let out.
She looked up crying , "my sister is gone , and I know you... kill...killed....." She didn't get to finish the sentence before she fell back.
Kallias saw her fall and acted fast grabbing her before she could hit the floor. The knife slid out of her hand dropping to the floor.
He looked down at her , as tears escaped her half closed eyes.
"What is going on ?" he muttered .