The Rightful Successor

Chapter 48

The car jolted to a stop in front of the house and Martins can still feel his heart slamming against his chest. He made a mental note never to participate in anything like that ever again. He exhaled, and just rested his head on the headrest taking steady breaths as he switched off the ignition.

The trio trooped out of the car and they all walked into the house and all three of them sat down on the chair. They all had probably been scared when the whole thing was going down but they held fast and now their little mission had yielded results.

Brielle stood up after a while and spoke first. “You guys must be famished, let me go get something up,” she said with a smile, turning around and heading to the kitchen.

“Huh?” Alex said. “Are you sure you are not too tired to…?” Alex started but Brielle cut him short.

*Oh don't worry about it, I am just going to microwave something, it should be fast,” she said and just waved him down.

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