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
"Cisco! How the hell do you manage your subordinates? Your subordinate, the senior captain named Trevyn, is truly arrogant. Do you know he's in hot waters? He's just a senior captain, yet he dared to ignore the law. "He stopped the local police chief in the street and abducted him! He also detained the deputy chief-of-staff of the local garrison. Not to mention, he dared to capture the wife and daughter of King Pendragon! Do you have any idea what he's done?" Timothy bellowed.He could not believe that Trevyn dared to be so arrogant when he was just a senior captain. He did not take the law seriously at all and stopped a police chief's car in broad daylight. Not only did he take the police away, but he even locked him up. On top of that, he detained a deputy chief-of-staff on his whim. He was practically staging a rebellion!Cisco was stunned after he received the call. He panicked and was extremely nervous after he heard what Timothy said. With a trembling voice, he said, "Is that
Just as Liam was longing to get home, Malcolm's car cruised into Drunham City. Malcolm was beside himself with boiling rage as his car cruised smoothly along the streets of Drunham City. This was because he had just received a call from Cisco Quigg, the assistant commander-in-chief of Northern Biskeland. Cisco had vehemently explained to him what had happened, including the trouble that Trevyn had stirred up over the past two days in Drunham City. Malcolm was so stunned to hear all this that he did not know how to react, but soon, his expression of shock was replaced by a scowl. He could not believe Trevyn's audacity! How dare he commit such heinous crimes in his absence?He had provoked the chief commissioner himself by intercepting Howard's car in public and even went so far as to capture Howard himself! Not only that, but when his deputy chief-of-staff, Adrian, stopped by to talk some sense into him, Trevyn did not even hesitate to arrest Adrian as well!What angered Malcolm the
He swiveled around on his boot-clad heels, then sauntered out of the house and stood for a moment at the door, glancing proudly out at his audience as he allowed the spotlight to settle on him. Everyone's eyes were on him, and a split second later, the audience erupted into thunderous applause!The party had begun!Trevyn was clutching his symbolic army knife in one hand while raising the other above his head as a gesture of appreciation to everyone's applause. He smiled in a triumphant smirk. As the applause settled down, Trevyn stepped forward while a hostess approached him, holding a tray with a glass of champagne. Trevyn took the glass, raised it above him and declared, "Thank you all for finding the time to attend my party tonight—a celebration of my promotion to army general!"Everyone raised their glasses. "Here, here, General Hughes!"Trevyn beamed. "I welcome you all to my humble abode. Although I may or may not know all of you who have granted me the time to celebrate t
Although the Stones had been assigned to a corner of the venue, they were still more than grateful to be there! All of the guests invited to Trevyn's party were politicians, members of the military, and important businessmen. All the Stones needed to do was get on some of these people's good sides, and it would, without a single doubt, catapult them leaps and bounds into a higher social status!Reginald was beside himself with excitement as he glanced around him. When his gaze landed on Trevyn, who was surrounded by a crowd of admirers, he could not help sighing. "Trevyn certainly has a bright future ahead of him. He's just turned thirty, and yet he's already attained the ranking of a general. Things are only going to get better from here. Thankfully, we managed to get on the Hughes' good side in the end, and this was all thanks to Cheryl! If she hadn't stepped in, we would be in deep trouble by now!"Cheryl had, in Reginald's opinion, saved the entire Stone family by successfully me
Wasyl nodded. "Of course, Mr. Stone! It's no problem at all. I'll get General Hughes to stop by in a while!"Reginald was over the moon to hear this. He grinned from ear to ear and began to thank Wasyl, "Thank you so much, Mr. Abbott. I'll be forever indebted to you for this!"The rest of the Stones all turned to gaze at Wasyl with looks of admiration, and Reginald immediately picked up his glass to toast Wasyl. All of a sudden, a spotlight snapped to life, directed straight at the stage, where four soldiers dressed in uniform had emerged, wheeling a gigantic cage to the center of the stage. Everyone's gaze landed on the cage, and they all gasped when they realized what was inside. Celena was cowering inside the cage, her hair tousled and her clothes matted. There were bruises and cuts sprinkled all over her body, and her entire face was pale with terror. She was glancing around her in despair, clutching an equally dirty and injured Jovie in her arms. Celena's beautiful eyes
Reginald and the rest of the Stones all scowled when they saw her. Their faces began to burn with humiliation, especially when they overheard the jeers and taunts coming from the rest of the guests. Reginald's expression darkened, and a look of fury and hatred crossed him. This was all Celena's fault! She had humiliated them once more!Yafe and Sherah were just as distraught to see this. Yafe gritted his teeth in boiling rage and snarled, "That wretched Celena! She's humiliated us once more! She made us the laughingstock of the town seven years ago, and she has done it again! She's brought shame and disgrace to this family once again!"Sherah's face was twisted in a grotesque scowl. She glared at Celena and added, "That b*tch! It's all her fault! I'm going to be made fun of by my friends again, and it's all her fault! I was so happy to be attending this party tonight, but I'm certainly going to be made fun of once word gets out about this!"Cheryl turned to Reginald and said, "Gra
Celena felt hope course through her, as though God had cracked a window open for her in this bleak, bleak world. She reached out one bloody, gnarly-looking hand through the gap in the cage and shouted, "Grandpa! Grandpa! Please save us! I'm your granddaughter! Please save us, Grandpa… Jovie isn't going to make it, Grandpa! Please save her! She's your great-granddaughter!"However, there was no response from Reginald or any of the Stones. Celena then shouted even louder, "Help me, Dad, Mom! I'm your daughter! Please help me… Please, I'm begging you… Please don't turn a blind eye to me again… Please save Jovie! She doesn't have much time left…"Cheryl, please save us! Please, I'm begging you…"Grandpa, say something! Please save Jovie! She's too young… Why are you doing this to us…"Celena clung to the bars desperately, shouting at the top of her lungs, but no one replied. Despair coursed through her veins, and she tugged desperately at the bars as though, by some miracle, she could