Chapter 101Ava's pov.“This is…” I stuttered as the picture fell off my hand, my palms were sweaty and a bead of sweat began to gather on my forehead. I was literally too shocked to speak.“Is everything fine? Are you okay?” Luca asked, resting one of his hands on my shoulder while he bent down to pick the picture up. His mouth twisted and his facial expression also turned solemn.“Wait… This is Gary right? Your friend,” he flaunted the picture in my face, as if he was trying to remind me.The hair in my body stood then I slowly nodded, making Knox gasp slightly.“You know him right? Where is he? How can I reach him?” She ranted, trying to drag me out of the room. Luca's expression changed and he barked at her, “Can you keep calm? Do you want to trigger her side personality with your excessive display of emotion?” he questioned with absolute anger.Knox rubbed her eyes as she desperately tried to control her emotions, Luca hissed then pulled me behind him while he spoke in my favour
Chapter 102Ava's pov “What… what is going on here?” I asked, glancing at their faces for explanations. Gary jumped out of his bed and kicked the gun out of Knox's hand, his movement was swift and sudden …. I also wasn't expecting it from him.He kicked the pistol to a safe distance then he slid across and picked it up, pointing it at Knox.“Shit!” Knox cursed, giving me a devilish gaze. The sudden turn of events was still very shocking for me until Joe pushed me to the floor, making me wince in pain.I was about to lament when I noticed the sudden hole on the wall behind me. Wait! Did I just escape being shot?It was Dorian that was holding the pistol and behind him was Luca who cocked his gun and shot at his arm.“Fuck,” he let out a curse word as he wrapped his hand around his bleeding wound. My body was almost going stiff on the floor when Gary came to join me.My body was shaking badly as I held on tightly to the tip of my soft chiffon dress, the roughness of the surface kept me
Chapter 103Ava's pov “I honestly don't know,” Gary answered Luca's question and we all gave him a doubting gaze. Didn't his explanation just counterpart his new statement?“I understand that there might have been a confusion, let me explain what I mean by that… The car indeed caught fire and all of us inside the car were thrown off. I was thrown to the other side of the bridge and when I woke up, I couldn't find her,” all of us nodded in a clear understanding, this seems more believable.“But what about Ava? Where did you know her and how did she end up staying with Calista?” Luca jumped in and asked.Gary rubbed his forehead and responded, “I met Ava about seven years after the incident. I couldn't go back to Lorenzo because I would be dead so I had to change my identity and start looking for Knox's daughter. One day, I passed by a beach and that was where I saw Ava, she was brutally wounded and was lying unconsciously by the river side, I saved her because she was about the same
Chapter 104Luca's pov.I laid Ava on the bed after administering her dose to her, her side personality had taken over and her body was desperately weak. Dr Navia is now the one to proceed with her treatment while I go with Joe to teach Calista's previous location.“I have another suggestion though,” Joe brought up, nervously scratching his hair. I raised my brow at him, convincing him to speak his mind.“Why don't we all go to Gary's house, hacking is flexible and it can be done anywhere.” Brilliant idea!I rearranged the collar of my lab coat while we all agreed with Joe's idea. I followed behind them outside and I was about to open Joe's car door when he stopped me by placing his hand on mine.“No!”“Anything the issue?” I asked with a squint and he replied;“No, those two scumbags are in there,” he doesn't need to go into much detail before I get to the people he was hinting at. I withdrew my hand and followed him to Navia's car. I screened the girlish accesorissed purple car and
Chapter 105Luca's povI heaved a great sigh of relief as excitement washed over me, I pulled Joe into a big hug and thanked him while patting his shoulder lightly.“Dude, you are a genius,” I complemented with a big smile as we both took long strides into the dusty living room of Gary. We all coughed for the first few minutes before our nose adjusted to the bed environment. Gary went to a corner and brought out a broom which he used to dust a frame that was hung beside the kitchen door. He pressed something on the frame and mysteriously, a door appeared.I gasped as a big smile escaped my mouth, “Wow!”He dragged the metallic door and a hollow room showed up, the room could only contain one person so only Gary stepped in. He emerged seconds later with a purplish gold box, covered with webs and dust.The box looked like it had been untouched for years, Gary went in and came out with a pale blue dress which he used to wipe all the diets away. After little effort, the box was now shiny
Chapter 106Luca's pov Knox and Dorian were properly attended to by me and my team which includes Jessica who was grumpy throughout the treatment. After several hours of unrelenting efforts, we were able to stabilize their conditions and put them on sedatives while we all retired back to our dorms.…The next morning,The unending beeping of my table alarm woke me up. With grumpiness, I hit the head then prepared to go back to my nap when s nurse barged in without knocking.“Sorry for the disturbance sir, they are awake,” I looked at her like a fool, waiting for her to add more meaning to the statement she just made.She was also lost for the next few minutes but as soon as she picked up my interrogative gaze, she hit her forehead and added to her previous words, “the patients you rushed in yesterday are awake. The guy is throwing tantrums already,”A smile crept its way to my lips and I rubbed my fuzzy eye. I turned to the left and my reflection welcomed me in the side mirror, my ey
Chapter 107Luca's pov With a thud, Gary fell on knee with glassy tears hanging in his orb. The previously cheered atmosphere was now heavy with grief from the two pained souls. I rested my arm on the metallic part of teg bed stand while watching the emotional scene unfolding right In Front of me.Gary crawled to Knox side and raised his trembling hand to touch her, he brought it close to his nose and sniffed it lightly.“It's really you ma'am, it you,” he murmured in a shaky tone, his voice was very sad and he looked overwhelmed by different emotions. Knox on the other hand looked like blood was drained out of her system, she looked very pale with her purplish lips.“Pedro, where… Where is she? Where is my Xan?” Knox questioned, trying to hold on to his hand. Gary froze for a second but quickly got back his composure.He wiped his nose and a few tears that were previously hanging on his face then he replied,” I lost her. That was why I couldn't dare come back, that was why I couldn'
Coran's povI remained hidden in the corner, patiently waiting for the intruder that was lurking around to approach my direction. The room was very dark and the reflection of the moon was the only source of light inside but my eyes had grown accustomed to darkness and they were clear as the day.Just as predicted, I noticed a sneaky move towards my direction, I mentally calculated my moves and with a raise of my fist, I landed a heavy punch on the throat of the intruder.“ Argghhh,” a loud groan escaped his mouth, making me maintain a satisfactory expression . I turned on the wall switch for a clear glimpse of who the person was.The first thing that caught my attention was the green snake tattoo on his neck. “ Wait, you are …” I trailed off, trying to gather my thoughts together.I was very mad and furious because judging from the tattoo, the assassin was from the Vein clan and he is a smaller assassin. What were they thinking when they sent a newbie to me?I tried hard to connect th
Chapter 107Luca's pov With a thud, Gary fell on knee with glassy tears hanging in his orb. The previously cheered atmosphere was now heavy with grief from the two pained souls. I rested my arm on the metallic part of teg bed stand while watching the emotional scene unfolding right In Front of me.Gary crawled to Knox side and raised his trembling hand to touch her, he brought it close to his nose and sniffed it lightly.“It's really you ma'am, it you,” he murmured in a shaky tone, his voice was very sad and he looked overwhelmed by different emotions. Knox on the other hand looked like blood was drained out of her system, she looked very pale with her purplish lips.“Pedro, where… Where is she? Where is my Xan?” Knox questioned, trying to hold on to his hand. Gary froze for a second but quickly got back his composure.He wiped his nose and a few tears that were previously hanging on his face then he replied,” I lost her. That was why I couldn't dare come back, that was why I couldn'
Chapter 106Luca's pov Knox and Dorian were properly attended to by me and my team which includes Jessica who was grumpy throughout the treatment. After several hours of unrelenting efforts, we were able to stabilize their conditions and put them on sedatives while we all retired back to our dorms.…The next morning,The unending beeping of my table alarm woke me up. With grumpiness, I hit the head then prepared to go back to my nap when s nurse barged in without knocking.“Sorry for the disturbance sir, they are awake,” I looked at her like a fool, waiting for her to add more meaning to the statement she just made.She was also lost for the next few minutes but as soon as she picked up my interrogative gaze, she hit her forehead and added to her previous words, “the patients you rushed in yesterday are awake. The guy is throwing tantrums already,”A smile crept its way to my lips and I rubbed my fuzzy eye. I turned to the left and my reflection welcomed me in the side mirror, my ey
Chapter 105Luca's povI heaved a great sigh of relief as excitement washed over me, I pulled Joe into a big hug and thanked him while patting his shoulder lightly.“Dude, you are a genius,” I complemented with a big smile as we both took long strides into the dusty living room of Gary. We all coughed for the first few minutes before our nose adjusted to the bed environment. Gary went to a corner and brought out a broom which he used to dust a frame that was hung beside the kitchen door. He pressed something on the frame and mysteriously, a door appeared.I gasped as a big smile escaped my mouth, “Wow!”He dragged the metallic door and a hollow room showed up, the room could only contain one person so only Gary stepped in. He emerged seconds later with a purplish gold box, covered with webs and dust.The box looked like it had been untouched for years, Gary went in and came out with a pale blue dress which he used to wipe all the diets away. After little effort, the box was now shiny
Chapter 104Luca's pov.I laid Ava on the bed after administering her dose to her, her side personality had taken over and her body was desperately weak. Dr Navia is now the one to proceed with her treatment while I go with Joe to teach Calista's previous location.“I have another suggestion though,” Joe brought up, nervously scratching his hair. I raised my brow at him, convincing him to speak his mind.“Why don't we all go to Gary's house, hacking is flexible and it can be done anywhere.” Brilliant idea!I rearranged the collar of my lab coat while we all agreed with Joe's idea. I followed behind them outside and I was about to open Joe's car door when he stopped me by placing his hand on mine.“No!”“Anything the issue?” I asked with a squint and he replied;“No, those two scumbags are in there,” he doesn't need to go into much detail before I get to the people he was hinting at. I withdrew my hand and followed him to Navia's car. I screened the girlish accesorissed purple car and
Chapter 103Ava's pov “I honestly don't know,” Gary answered Luca's question and we all gave him a doubting gaze. Didn't his explanation just counterpart his new statement?“I understand that there might have been a confusion, let me explain what I mean by that… The car indeed caught fire and all of us inside the car were thrown off. I was thrown to the other side of the bridge and when I woke up, I couldn't find her,” all of us nodded in a clear understanding, this seems more believable.“But what about Ava? Where did you know her and how did she end up staying with Calista?” Luca jumped in and asked.Gary rubbed his forehead and responded, “I met Ava about seven years after the incident. I couldn't go back to Lorenzo because I would be dead so I had to change my identity and start looking for Knox's daughter. One day, I passed by a beach and that was where I saw Ava, she was brutally wounded and was lying unconsciously by the river side, I saved her because she was about the same
Chapter 102Ava's pov “What… what is going on here?” I asked, glancing at their faces for explanations. Gary jumped out of his bed and kicked the gun out of Knox's hand, his movement was swift and sudden …. I also wasn't expecting it from him.He kicked the pistol to a safe distance then he slid across and picked it up, pointing it at Knox.“Shit!” Knox cursed, giving me a devilish gaze. The sudden turn of events was still very shocking for me until Joe pushed me to the floor, making me wince in pain.I was about to lament when I noticed the sudden hole on the wall behind me. Wait! Did I just escape being shot?It was Dorian that was holding the pistol and behind him was Luca who cocked his gun and shot at his arm.“Fuck,” he let out a curse word as he wrapped his hand around his bleeding wound. My body was almost going stiff on the floor when Gary came to join me.My body was shaking badly as I held on tightly to the tip of my soft chiffon dress, the roughness of the surface kept me
Chapter 101Ava's pov.“This is…” I stuttered as the picture fell off my hand, my palms were sweaty and a bead of sweat began to gather on my forehead. I was literally too shocked to speak.“Is everything fine? Are you okay?” Luca asked, resting one of his hands on my shoulder while he bent down to pick the picture up. His mouth twisted and his facial expression also turned solemn.“Wait… This is Gary right? Your friend,” he flaunted the picture in my face, as if he was trying to remind me.The hair in my body stood then I slowly nodded, making Knox gasp slightly.“You know him right? Where is he? How can I reach him?” She ranted, trying to drag me out of the room. Luca's expression changed and he barked at her, “Can you keep calm? Do you want to trigger her side personality with your excessive display of emotion?” he questioned with absolute anger.Knox rubbed her eyes as she desperately tried to control her emotions, Luca hissed then pulled me behind him while he spoke in my favour
Chapter 100Ava's pov “You mother fucker, you are nothing but a dog to Lorenzo,” Dorian 's hand that was raised froze as he blinked his eyes in shock. He was too shocked to react and all he could do was to stare at Knox… indirectly accusing her.“Did you do this? Did you tell them all these?” He questioned with an angry gaze, Knox took in her lips and refused to respond.Dorian released his hold on my fist then barked at Knox, “Mom! I am talking to you.”Knox shivered slightly and her perfect lashes seemed to be fanning each other, her lips quivered as she responded, “Son, we need them. They are the only one that can stop Lorenzo, not only him but you as well.”Dorian gave a butter smile as he moved away from our middle, he rubbed his eyes and said, “Now, I am mad. It doesn't hurt, I promise… it doesn't.”He sniffed and stared at his feet that just hit the table side, Knox went to meet him and gently held his shoulder to explain things to him, “Baby see, My daughter is the only way t
Chapter 99Ava's pov Again? What is so with this mystery box?, “can we get a link to the box? Is there something that can lead us to the box?”I asked, resting my chin on my hands.She took another sip of her now cold coffee and answered, “ofcourse, I wouldn't want to put you guys on too much suspense. The only person that knows about the mystery box is Pedro.”Pedro? Who is he? Everything just kept linking us to different people which was tiring, I sighed as my attention was drawn to the beautiful fire fly not too far from where we were, the firefly flew to my seat and settled on my journal that I placed on the table.“So free and beautiful,” I mouthed in admiration, watching as the insect enjoyed its freedom.“Pedro is my daughter's favorite guard and they got lost around the same time,” she explained and I mouthed an ohh!Luca wasn't comfortable with all the dilly-dallying we were doing so he interfered into our conversation. “Our priority should be how to get Coran out of that den