The assistant nodded with a solemn expression and left the office in a hurry.Kolten lit a cigarette and walked up to the floor-to-ceiling. He had a long face as he looked at the skyscrapers outside the window. His eyebrows were tightly knitted as he was troubled.'Hurry back, Mr. Cole! Drunham City is going to have a new ruler soon!' Kolten thought.…Two days flew by. To the ordinary people, everything was still just as peaceful in Drunham City. Nothing changed at all.However, an unusually aggressive chaos was surging under the peaceful surface.In the past two days, police rushed to Hughes Mansion and asked the Hughes family to release the people they took away. In the end, they were all subdued by Trevyn's guards.Adrian, who went to Hughes Mansion with a squadron, was also overpowered by Trevyn's guards.There were a total of 3000 armed soldiers standing guard at Hughes Mansion.Time was ticking away, and tension was high while Trevyn's induction dinner was in preparati
Trevyn was in the living room of Hughes Mansion. He was dressed in a green army uniform and had an army knife on his waist. He also had a pair of black combat boots on, which made him look tall.He was standing right in front of the floor-to-ceiling window at that moment. He was letting his maids straighten his uniform as he held his cap with a gold emblem on it.His assistant was standing next to him, holding a gold tray respectfully with both his hands. There was a red velvet cloth on the tray, and there were two shoulder straps that had sparkly stars on them.Those were the shoulder straps for a general, and the stars on them were twinkling under the lights at that moment.Meanwhile, a foul smell was lingering in the air in a small storeroom at the furthest end of the backyard of Hughes Mansion.Celena was covered in dirt and injuries, and she was hugging Jovie, who was also covered with injuries. Jovie was still running a high fever and was unconscious at that moment. She was
The bodyguard crouched down and touched Jovie's forehead. Sure enough, it was extremely hot.He immediately got up and said to the other bodyguard with a frown, "She's burning up quite badly. What should we do?""Let's take her outside. It looks like it's quite bad. She's someone that General Hughes wanted after all. We won't be able to bear the consequences if something were to happen to her."The other bodyguard gave it a thought and decided to first take Jovie out of the storeroom. He was about to carry Jovie out when Brianna suddenly appeared.Brianna was in a long black dress that showcased her perfect figure. She spent a long time dolling up for dinner that night. Every inch of her body just screamed gorgeous.She walked into the storeroom with a frosty expression while four soldiers followed behind her. They were carrying an extra large dog cage."What are you doing?" Brianna asked icily as she saw what the bodyguards were about to do.The two bodyguards immediately strai
'Liam, when are you coming back? When are you coming to save us?' Celena thought.She was in despair as she kept begging profusely. She was bawling so badly that she could not even utter a sentence.Right at that, Patrick walked in as well. Seeing Celena begging on the floor and smelling the pungent odor in the air made him frown. He walked up to Brianna and asked, "Brianna, is this woman still refusing to reveal Liam's whereabouts?"Brianna sneered. "Don't even mention it. She's tight-lipped."Patrick's expression darkened upon hearing that. He long wanted to teach Liam a lesson, but he listened to Trevyn and waited until the night of his induction dinner. However, Liam sneaked off when they were just a couple of days from the dinner.With his anger all pent up, Patrick was incredibly annoyed. Seeing that Celena refused to tell them where Liam was, Patrick walked up to her and kicked her on her shoulder."Bitch! You really can't tell what's good for you. Hmph! You cover up for L
"I-I don't know. He didn't tell me where he was going. Mr. Hughes, Ms. Hughes, please—""Enough!"Annoyed, Brianna shouted at Celena to cut her off. As she looked at Celena on the ground, an icy grin appeared on her face, and she barked, "Celena, you're the one who refused to take the easy way out, so don't come at me for not giving you a chance. Guys, lock them in the cage and get them out of here!"At her command, two soldiers walked forward in big strides and threw Celena and Jovie into the giant dog cage, locking them inside.Celena felt hopeless at that moment.She looked at the locked cage, grabbed the bars with all her might, and begged Brianna and Patrick, "Please save my daughter! Please save her! She's dying soon! I beg you, please! I'm not lying. Please take her to a doctor!"Celena wailed in despair and kept banging her head against the steel cage.However, Patrick and Brianna were completely unfazed. They just let the four soldiers pick up the cage and walk out of t
There was a tall monument standing in the square at the military headquarters of the capital. Everything looked formidable and solemn there. There was a guard post at every ten meters, and armed soldiers in full tactical gear were patrolling the vicinity.The national emblem of Biskeland was hanging above the giant red door to the building of the headquarters. The gold emblem was dazzling under the sunlight, making it even more awe-inspiring.Two rows of soldiers armed with bayonets were standing on each side of the door. All of them were full of vigor as they carried out their duty to guard the place.An hour before Celena was carried off in a dog cage, four soldiers worked together and pulled open the huge golden dragon door at the military headquarters. Then, a group of men and women of different ages dressed in military uniform walked out of the solemn meeting room in the building.The man walking in the forefront was dressed in a robe, and he was Liam.Liam was wearing the un
The soldiers guarding the door and along the way were all stunned to see the car speeding off. Nobody had any idea what was going on.They saw the license plate, and it seemed like it was the designated car for the commander-in-chief of the Pendragon Warriors. Why would King Pendragon be in such a hurry? Did something serious happen?The soldiers on duty immediately reported the situation to their superiors, who also thought something serious happened. Everyone just kept reporting to their superior until the reports finally reached the federal office.The Four Elders were sitting at the meeting table in the head office at that moment, trying to come up with a conclusion for the meeting.The meeting was interrupted when Timothy suddenly received a call from his assistant. His expression darkened, and he asked in a frosty tone, "What's the matter?"The assistant could hear that he was not happy, so he replied in a shaky voice, "Sir, I received reports from my subordinate earlier tha
Geoffrey's expression got darker and darker with every single line his subordinate uttered. In a frosty tone, he asked, "What else?"The subordinate from the intelligence department looked at the rest of the intel he gathered and continued, "Also, Trevyn's sister, Ms. Hughes, barged into Drunham City Hospital with her men two days ago and abducted the immediate family of a lady. They are members of the Stone family, Yafe, Sherah, Qemal, Celena, and Jovie.""Hold on! What did you say? Trevyn's sister barged into the hospital and took Celena and Jovie away?"Geoffrey was so shocked that he shot up from his chair once he heard Celena's and Jovie's names. A frown appeared on his face as his eyes were filled with anger. He had an intense frosty air to him as well.Timothy and the other two elders looked sullen too after they heard Geoffrey's words. All of them stood up and stared at Geoffrey anxiously.The intelligence officer thought he made a mistake and infuriated Geoffrey, so he st