Chapter 51
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Caspian's heart was racing as he returned to the refuge and was greeted by Stefan, the captain of the team that he had set up and had chosen to call the Refuge Men.

Stefan had a look of pride on his face as he informed Caspian, his boss, that they had successfully abducted Jasmine, Jerome's sister.

"Baron, I have something to show you," Stefan said.

"What is it?" Caspian asked.

"We abducted one Jasmine, a sister Jerome of Ottoman's gang."

"What have you done?" Caspian asked. "Besides, how did you infiltrated into the ottomans space? The downtown is known to be dangerous."

"Baron, we did it for you," Stefan said, a hint of excitement in his voice. "Although you haven't given us a duty or anything, but I as well as the team think it is right to chose what we want to do for you and what we chose altogether is to deal with things you think are too rough for you or things that needed to be done in the right way by your gang."

Caspian's shock was palpable. This was exactly what
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