Gabe left Ulf to watch over Nicole, and Systa to watch over Mia from a distance.Gabe drove to the place where Russell told him to come. It was an old warehouse at the border of the city.But before Gabe even stepped out of the car, he saw David and Sansa and recognized them immediately. Russell was talking with them outside the warehouse.“Why the hell are they here?” For a second, he wondered if Russell was setting him up. “Should I go out or not? What do you think, Systa?”[If I were you, I’d get the hell away from there.] Systa sent him a mental message. [Nothing good will come from messing with them. If they know that I am with you, they’re going to chase you to the ends of the earth.]Gabe frowned and was about to put his foot on the accelerator.“Gabriel!” Russell’s voice reached his ears. “Come inside,” he was waving his hand.(Don’t listen. Just leave.) Gabe told himself, but his leg couldn’t press the pedal. There weren’t many people around in this neighborhood, so it was a
In the warehouse.Russell and Gabe were standing in front of Mack Donald who was tied up to a chair, with nothing but his underpants on. His body was covered in bloody wounds.“So, this is the bastard who was behind the kidnapping…” Gabe clenched his fist. “I feel like punching him and breaking all his teeth, but he already looks like he has a foot in his grave.”“You can break his teeth if you want, but, no killing, please,” Russell said.Gabe briefly glanced at him. He wasn’t sure if Russell said that out of softness, or if Russell personally wanted to end Mack’s life.“Please let me go,” Mack spoke through the pain. “I’ll give you whatever you want. Money, women, drugs, information. Anything.”“You made hundreds of millions by trafficking women and children for decades,” Russell put a knuckle duster on. “You supply innocent girls to politicians and rich businessmen. I remember that you approached me almost five years ago as I was getting ready to get married. You told me that marri
Sansa stabbed Medusa’s chest with an injection, which she said was like a truth serum. A normal vampire would not feel drunk even after drinking a barrel of wine, so they’d need a special sort of liquid for their minds to be affected. Sansa gave just that, which accelerated Medusa’s heartbeat. Blood started flowing faster to her brain as all kinds of thoughts crept into her mind, making her eyes move to the left and to the right pretty quickly. “Tell me now,” Sansa uttered in Medusa’s ear. “Who was it that you fought outside the city a few days back? Did he or she use any supernatural powers? Spill everything you know. The more you try to resist, the more it’ll hurt.” “Stop this,” Medusa cried. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Sansa tried again and again, but Medusa gave the same response. Sansa took out another injection. “Don’t,” David stopped her. “She’s likely erased her own memories.” “Huh? Is something like that possible?” Sansa looked shocked. “Yes. Your dad and
David’s eyes turned into that of a predator the moment Russell had revealed crucial information. Gabe’s heart jumped into his throat. “Russell!” Gabe pushed him away and shouted, “Why did you tell them?” “Relax, Gabriel,” Russell was saying, but David stepped forward and pushed him to the side. “Uncle David… what are you…” he didn’t see this coming. He thought David would listen to him, but the look in David’s eyes told Russell otherwise. Gabe clenched his fist. This was the last thing he wanted, and it happened anyway. “I should have known…” David uttered. “Your house was burnt the other day. You must have been that vampire’s target. But what I want to know is whether you are the one that fought the woman in the garage or not.” Sansa’s eyes slightly widened. “Uncle, you think he’s the owner of the Alpha System?” she quickly came and blocked his path. “He looks too soft to be the owner of that system.” “Hmph, you want to help him as well, huh, Sansa,” David’s gaze sharpened. “Si
Sansa’s kick sent Gabe flying into the distance.“Why are you letting him escape?” David coldly glared at her.“I-I was only trying to help you, Uncle,” Sansa quickly said.“Do you think I need your help?” David growled.Meanwhile, after getting blown into the wall by the wind, Russell somehow got up to his feet.He remembered David asking him a few years ago to speak against alcohol and to get it banned if possible because many fights and accidents were happening in the world because of alcohol. And Russell did speak against the alcohol, though he didn’t say it should be completely banned.“You’ve told me to avoid fighting as much as possible as nothing good will come out of it,” Russell said out loud. “So what the hell are you doing now? Raising your fist against my friend just for a system. Do morals apply only to others and not you?”David’s expression, however, didn’t change at all. “It’s not that I want to fight your friend. It’s just that the importance of the system he’s in po
Gabe struck David down by the neck, but it was his mouth that leaked blood from a corner, which was the after effect of the punch he had received to his spine a second ago.“Krgh,” David felt his neck bone crack, but the spirit of fighting in his eyes was still very much there. “You little bastard…”“He’s not done yet,” Sansa quickly pulled Gabe into the smoke. “He’s going to recover quickly. You should run away, take your family and go hide somewhere safe.”“No,” Gabe replied in a deep voice, “if I erase his existence, then there won’t be any problem, unless you are going to tell your family about the alpha system.”“T-That’s…” Sansa’s eyes widened a little. “Y-You think you can defeat my uncle with just that? He’s much stronger than what he’s shown. If we weren’t in the middle of a city, he’d have already killed you with a single powerful blow.”“Where are you, brat?” David’s voice could be heard from the smoke.Gabe clenched his fists and ran into the smoke. “I’m here!”Sansa was s
At Tuna Waves hotel. “How did Gabriel exactly find and save both you and my daughter?” Jessica asked Nicole. She looked very curious and eager to know. “I remember him as an introvert and shy guy who wouldn’t look at anybody. How come he was able to fight all the bad guys and rescue you and Nora? I really want to know.” “You’re right. He used to be so shy,” Nicole laughed thinking about it. “He wouldn’t even go to the doctor to take medicine for himself when he was sick. But I guess, as time passed and he worked at different places, his heart became tough. Still, I think he’s a soft guy. And by that I mean, he’s emotionally vulnerable. He wouldn’t care if some random guy were to speak ill of him, or probably even if the whole world is against him, but if someone he likes were to scold him, then he’d feel bad and cry about it.” She paused for a moment. “His strength and weakness are both the people he puts in his heart. He doesn’t easily trust people, but if he likes and respects some
Mia had come home. Standing alone on the rooftop, watching the stars thicken in the night sky, she was talking with Irene who was a common friend of Mia and Jessica back in school.“Are you saying that you’re thinking of making your marriage permanent?” Irene was not at all expecting this. “Where is this coming from? Are you sure you’re right in your head? Or did he already help your family members settle in their lives or something?”“It’s not that, Irene, but… a lot has happened in these past few weeks, and…” Mia spoke slowly, but there was no hesitation in her voice, “I think Gabe is the one.”Irene went silent for a bit. “He’s the one? I never expected to hear such words from you. Do you even know what the words you said really mean?”“I think I do,” Mia said. “I’m not with him right now, but I want to be with him.”“Ah-huh… it seems Gabriel did something to capture your heart in such a short time,” Irene sounded surprised. “But you are the one who set up a fake marriage with him.