"Is she in there?"The sound of the receiver cracking on the other end filled Jake's ears and he sneered at the sound."No boss, she isn't.""Is that guy in there then? The one that was at the party with Jane?"Jake heard the line go silent again and then a beep sounded as the call was cut.The sound of the whooshing cars muted his frustrated groan and he felt like hitting something.Adeline wasn't in her house. She didn't even live in the building anymore.He had only come to confirm and his intel had been accurate.She had either gotten herself a new place, or she decided that she had gotten enough of his constant stalking and she had moved in with someone else.Jake knew Adeline HIghton. They had been lovers once when her brother was still in the military and she was yet to start her shitty little business.They had argued and broken up but he still couldn't forget her."Do I have to endure that look on your face or is there an option for me to avoid it?"Jake sneered as he heard t
Con blinked at the head in front of him and he found himself shaking his own.To begin with, how had Xavier found him?He had known Xavier would find him, but the real question was how had he gotten in here?Con felt the glare of a flashlight on his face and the moment the rays hit him, he glared at Xavier and with a fast click the light went off."Sorry boss. I didn't know it was you."Con scoffed and grinned."How many people do you normally expect to be in the air vents of a military base Xavier? And what are you doing here?."Con heard Xavier take a deep breath and he found himself frowning at how that breath sounded.It didn't sound too healthy."I have something I need to tell you, boss.""Tell me and get out of here."They both spoke barely below a whisper, but Con still didn't feel safe, even with that.This was a military base, a dangerous military base.If Xavier was in here, then he had come in from another entry point and that wasn't good. Xavier was capable with guns. Con
"Is the sector 8 building on fire?"Con turned to look at Xavier and then at then at the sector 8 building.The golden glow of the flames made him feel nostalgic and he swallowed the smile that was about to spread on his face."I think it is Xavier."He shrugged."I wonder how that happened."Xavier couldn't help but feel a new level of fear for his boss. He had heard the sound of shooting as he made his way back to the entrance he had used to get into the building. He had also snuck in through the window of a toilet but some guards had almost caught him, so he decided to take the route Con had taken in and see if he could manage an escape from there.What he met confused him and confounded him at the same time.To begin with, there was only a single rope stretching out at the window. It was also on the eighth floor and he had been more than surprised to see some bolts discarded on the floor of the lavatory.He had gone back into the grates, determined to go out the way he came and n
The feeling of the sensors on the wall as they scanned Con's palm made him feel relaxed. The wall slid to the side and he stepped into the room to see Miranda seated on the bed. He tossed the small ball to her and she caught it in the palm of her hand. "I believe that is your map Miss Olsen." Con watched as the lady tapped the small black ball and a hologram popped up immediately. It showed the coordinates to an area. Con was impressed, and he could tell Miranda was too. He watched as she tapped on the huge red X that was being displayed on the hologram. It responded to her touch and zoomed in on that spot almost immediately. He could see a building. An old building that looked abandoned and dilapidated. A green circle pulsed around the house. That was probably where the sigil and scepter Miranda was searching for was. "Thank you Con. I am one step closer to living now." Con nodded and walked over to the table in the center of the room. Its top was made with glass and as he
Miranda couldn't quite look Con in the eye again and Con found it amusing.He could tell the lady probably didn't. She still seemed shocked, and maybe shy.Con wiped the smile off his face and wore a more serious expression.He had given her the flash drive, not to make her feel ashamed or trashy, but to make her find peace within herself.Whoever put that hologram in the toilet of the eighth floor was probably sick in the head, and they would have their name on his enemy list when he finally got it, and he would get it.He would, but for now they still had to get the three cards and two artifacts.He had only retrieved the map to getting the sigil and the scepter. Miranda would have to still get them from wherever they were being kept, and since she didn't seem inclined to tell him the whereabouts of said artifacts, he would assume she already had that sorted out and she didn't need his help.She needed his help in getting the cards though, and to do that she would have to look at
Con could tell he was off to a bad start."Man slut.""Dick whore.""Ass kisser.""Cock for hire.""The shameless male escort?"Ironically, he actually felt a bit impressed by how creative social media netizens were. They all had one thing or the other to say about him.Multiple images and photoshopped memes of him in various stages of ecstasy had popped up.The internet had turned him into a man whore."A cheap prostitute with the face of an Adonis but the sexual manners of a brothel sex."Who still used brothels in this time and age?Some women had accused him of trying to lure them into bed and then acting out when they rejected him.Them.... reject him?A chuckle managed to escape his lips as he thought of that and Con simply smiled as he shook his head.'"Is this what you all were so afraid of me seeing?"Miranda and Xavier stood dumbfounded on one side of the room.Miranda more so.She had been scared last night when she heard that the sector 8 building was on fire. Her brother
Jane stared at the Nurain building. The fact that she was staring at a place that was like a second home to her was disturbing. Nurain was almost like a family house to her now, she always felt happy whenever she saw the high rise building looming in front of her, and she felt even happier going into the building and making sure everything was fine as she went about her work. This place was a place of liberation to her. She had been happy working here, but had something changed in the past few days. To be more specific, someone had changed and Jane took a deep breath as she started walking towards the building. It was undeniable now. Adeline wasn't the lady everyone thought she was. Not at all. It wouldn't be easy adjusting to this new reality, but she would find a way to go about it. Con was still missing and Nurain was where he had been last spotted. He could come back here and explain everything that happened to her. It was possible. But she really wasn't putting her hopes o
"Jane, wait!" "Jane!!!!" Jane ignored her boss's voice and continued on her way out of the office. She sold Con!. Not just to anyone, but to Miranda Olsen. Just the thought of it made her stomach turn in a way she could have never imagined. When she had read it before, she hadn't realized that it was THE Olsen family. There were a handful of families that bore the name Olsen in Glover city. That article could have been about any of them. There was only one Olsen family that had gold and green as their colors though. That family didn't reside in Glove city. They lived outside it. The irony was that they could control the happenings in Glover city with mere phone calls. They didn't have to be in the city to give orders. The sudden way Jake had backed off made sense now. Jane chuckled as she ran her hands through her hair. Con was with Miranda Olsen. That was bad. Very bad. "Jane. Wait up and listen to me okay?!!" Jane turned back to look at Adeline. The other lady was br