Raz quickly tried to explain, feeling frightened by his anger.“No, no, no. It's not that. They didn't place an assasination bounty. The person wants to pay for your medical skills. And they seem really desperate to pay for the general's time. The family is a powerful family from Southern Dale, but they have businesses and branches all over the world. And their second main branch is in Veneco, where their matriarch hails from. And…”“I'm not interested in knowing who they are or what they want. I don't need the details, so spare yourself the stress. I have more important things to do than helping a random old politician who afraid of death when he's definitely the culprit behind so many deaths. I'm not offering any medical skills for now, whoever it is can go to hell.” Alex snapped, walking away.Raz shrugged.“I meant to tell you that; ‘And the young boy that helped your daughter is also his grandson. Won't you help your benefactor also?” He muttered under his breath.****Alex s
Alex’s ears perked up as he listened to the movements. Someone was coming out from the abandoned research lab in the eastern gardens of the Winthrop family, said to contain poisonous reptiles and forbidden artifacts.His interests were Immediately piqued.Who would be so bold to enter and leave the forbidden grounds of the Winthrop family at will, despite the dangers lurking therein?The forbidden grounds were said to once be the residence of an evil monk, who sought residence in the Winthrop family nearly a hundred years ago. He charmed the most favorite daughter of the former patriarch, and got her to use her influence to secure the best cultivation resources and material things for him. Even though he was suspected of various evil acts, she kept defending him, not letting anyone to search or inspect his residence, despite the number of abnormal occurrences happening in the ancient manor. It was when his evil ascended past the point of redemption that the horror induced by his exist
Right before Alex's eyes, a glass coffin began to rise from the ground, through the rectangular hole that appeared on the ground.There was a woman dressed in a pristine white gown in the coffin, there were two dragon horns on her head, and her blonde hair was deep and immaculate. She was still decked in ropes of expensive jewels which were used to design her hair, and form a web like princess crown in her hair, just like that of ancient Chinese princesses. There was a single pendant on her neck and it was made of a transparent crystal, blue liquid was swirling around in it.She was holding a silver colored staff, with a sharp end, which was shaped like a sword blade. It was a staff, and also a sword. Her hands were holding the staff-sword on her belly while another bracelet, made of the same piece as her pendant was adorning her wrist. But she wasn't wearing any shoes. Her feet were fair and spotless, and her cheeks still rosy as if she was merely sleeping, instead of death.The pers
Alex quickly went higher into the crowd to avoid detection by the powerful mages he was trailing. He also avoided the use of magical items that gave off high frequency waves. It was obvious to him that he was stalking a pro with an unknown cultivation base, so he had to be very careful and employ all his tracking tactics to avoid detection.Even though he had been trying to see through the person wearing the cloak, he didn't manage to suceed. If he made any more attempts, he will definitely be discovered, causing him to desist from wantonly probing her.They drove for nearly an hour, leaving the city lights far behind. Soon, they veered into winding paths of peasant villages, slowly going up a mountainous path.If Alex thought that their journey would end at the top of the mountain, he was in for another surprise.There was a tunnel which they veered into mid way up the mountain, driving for miles till they arrived at level ground.Following them in the tunnel took all the discipline
Eleanor stirred and the monitoring system beeped severally, recording the return of her conscious mind. There was a huge noise downstairs, giving her a pounding headache.She faintly remembered Alex attending to her, and his whispers with the woman on her bedside was still remembered.She could also faintly remember Aridan reporting something about an ongoing war, and Alex whispering things to her.There were sounds of helicopters stopping before the entrance portico to the main villa.“Damn! Stop talking already.” She whispered, closing her eyes.“Congratulations, Lord Luz!” “Welcome home, the winning team.” “Winner ooo ooo ooo, Winner. Winner oooo oooo oooo, Winner.”The annoying chants reverberated through the air as the men in the villa cheered the returning soldiers who accompanied Luz to command the troops at the war front, getting victory in just two days. It was one of the shortest battles in the history of international wars. The attacking team suffered a crushing defeat,
The other soldiers guarding the two gates had also joined to share the happiness, the moment they saw the helicopters returning.The two gates were securely locked, and monitors showing the surveillance footage of the two gates and areas of a ten mile radius surrounding the gates, were held by the two team leaders, and their assistants. This ensured that they could keep an eye on the gates’ safety even while celebrating.The twins rushed to Luz, and he hugged them with a huge smile on his face.“Congratulations brother.” Ariel whispered in admiration.“Is it true that you have been promoted to the rank of a commander?” Ariella asked, as Luz picked up the eager chatter bird in his arms.Although Ariel and Ariella were twins, it seems as if Ariella was way younger because of her bubbly spirit and the way everyone carries her around. She was the cute, noisy one, who seeks attention unapologetically and gets it. Ariella was the baby of the house; cute and troublesome, who always wanted to
The question left everyone at a loss for words. Bing Yu Xue was especially embarrassed as she wondered how Alex would have introduced her assuming he was around.“Mom!” Ariella shouted in excitement, waving her fists.“She's the ba….” Aridan quickly covered her mouth with his palm to prevent her from saying more. She looked into Aridan's eyes and kept quiet, albeit resentful.Bing Yu Xue clenched her fists. It was obvious that Ariella was going to say something about her being the bad woman.Luz quickly got up, and went to her, taking her hand.“Mom, are you alright now?” He whispered with a gentle smile, looking up at her.Eleanor smiled with a hint of motherly Indulgence, and her scowl disappeared.“I heard you did well, I'm so proud of you. But you're too young to be doing such things. However, you're worthy of being emulated, you're the best son anyone could ever ask for, courageously rising to the occasion. If he sends you on an errand you don't want, you have to tell me, so we
Alex appeared in her room and threw her on the bed angrily, tearing off his cloak. Eleanor was frightened by his aura and the look of anger on his face. He had been restraining himself in public, but there was no longer any need for that since they were in the privacy of her room.“You, what are you doing? How dare you bring a woman home without my permission? You owe me an explanation. I'm the one that should be angry, not you.” Eleanor said in panic, moving back on the bed.Alex stripped the remnants of his clothing at that moment and climbed the bed, pinching her jaws between his fingers. His eyes were cold and angry, frightening Eleanor immensely. He had only ever gazed at her with tenderness and indulgence; the desperate and helpless look in his eyes each time she acted wantonly made her bolder. But now, he was nothing short of a beast, making her wonder if he wanted to hurt.He forced her to look at his furious face.“You have no respect and you have no fear. You do not regard m