After giving Carlos’ address to Samuel and talking with him about how to proceed to weaken the Myers company, Charles went back to the small house he had rented on the outskirts of the city. To his bewilderment, there were the black roses and an envelope waiting for him. He mentally slapped himself for not putting a spy camera anywhere. “Who’s doing this?” he opened the envelope and read the message. “Only a failure of a man revels in the failure of others. Don’t cling onto your past but keep moving forward.” A frown played on Charles’ face. He tore the paper into pieces and crushed the black rases underfoot. He turned around and briefly scanned the 180 degrees. “I don’t know who you’re, but don’t act like you know me. It’s easy to tell others what to do rather than doing it yourself. Next time you want to say something like this, say it to my face instead of leaving messages at my doorstep.” He had no idea who this person was, but he was beginning to realize that this person knew

Career News channel was one of the oldest news channels of the country, though it was no longer among the top or the most viewed channels. They couldn’t afford to pay Charles all that much for his visit, and so they were glad that he had accepted to come and play a game with an opponent of their choosing. Alexa received all the praises, but she didn’t receive a raise.The newschannel made a big deal out of the poker match they were setting up. Thanks to their publicity, the news reached Thomas Origins, Raven Bones, as well as Laurel Bisconsley and Sofia Myers.Narika, however, didn’t even come out of her room, so she had no idea about this contest.Laurel, who was waiting for Charles to come to her, put her ego aside and decided to attend the contest as some VIPs were allowed to directly watch the game. She had asked Caroline to fetch a ticket, and all Caroline had to do was make a call.Sofia, on the other hand, grew angry. “He doesn’t have time to come to me, but he has time to play

“Huh?” Alexa gritted her teeth. “Are you out of your fucking mind? Why would I marry that guy?”“He’s an Awakened, and he’s not part of any creed,” Kevin calmly responded. He was a tall guy, with a thin frame. He lost most of hairs and looked weak. “If we can bend him to our will, I believe you two can take our creed back to its glory days, when we used to stand among the top creeds.”Alexa frowned. “You think I can’t do that by myself?”“That’s not what I said.”“But that’s what it means!” she snorted. “Besides, marry him for what? To have unfruitful sex?” she shook her head. “I don’t want it. Just like how you adopted me, I’ll adopt someone in the future. I’ll keep the Career family going strong!”“Are you sure?”Alexa nodded confidently.Kevin sighed. “Then, I’ll leave him to you, but find out who turned him before neutralizing him.”“Sure.”Alexa then came to Carlos who was whispering the word ‘water’ because he had no strength left in his body. He could barely keep his eyes partl

The next morning.In the secret basement of the Career News headquarters building.“They are late,” Alexa called the mobiles of her four pawns, but they weren’t responding. “I hope those bastards are not busy raping her.”“She’s an actress, so it won’t surprise me if they did,” Kevin responded with a smirk. “Besides, you created those four, so your urges will rub on them a little.”“Are you saying I’m a rapist?” Alexa snapped.“No, dear, I was talking about your sadism and rebelliousness,” he casually replied and took the mobile from her and called someone.As Alexa wondered who he was calling, Kevin said, “Two pizzas. Extra large. And extra sauce.”Alexa rolled her eyes. “You couldn’t wait a day without eating pizzas?”“It’s almost ten o’clock,” Kevin reasoned. “You know I don’t feel normal without eating at least one pizza every day.”“Whatever,” Alexa got up from her seat and held the halo that was hanging at her waist. She went to the spot where Carlos was hung to the wall. He was

Knowing that she was being followed, the cloaked woman stopped at an old warehouse which used to be a fashion factory but was closed down for some reason.She sat down and put Carlos in her lap.Carlos was barely conscious. He didn’t quite know what was happening, but something touched his mouth, and blood slowly filled his mouth. He instinctively sucked it. His throat muscles pulled all the blood they could down into his belly.The cloaked woman had actually put her forearm in his mouth and gave him her blood. Within seconds, Carlos’ complexion brightened, and his hair turned black. He was regaining his youth.At the same time, she felt a great pain and distress quaking her inner muscles, as she was literally losing her life force and was being weakened by it.But she had the supply of blood packets in this warehouse, and so she filled herself with blood and regained some of her energy.By the time Alexa showed up at the scene, Carlos was almost healed. And his senses were working no