Lusha led Sunny and the three men to the hallway that led to the dungeon. She had seen Saga and his men use this way to leave and come back into the brothel at one time.
“This means they really came this way.” Cube blurted out.
“Don’t be so sure.” Sunny jeered in order to get them talking even more.
“Cube is telling the truth, my lady.” Buxton confirmed. “The dungeon has a secret passage. It leads to the river. There is a footpath that leads to the main road in the woods.”
“In that case, we should go back and inform dad immediately.” Sunny said and turned back with Lusha. The three men remained standing until Sunny looked back.
“Are you not coming?”
“Shouldn’t we go after them?” Buxton asked.
“Just the three of you?” Sunny gave them a quizzical. “You need reinforcement, Buxton. Don’t like act like you can do everythi
Lance sprang up, closed the distance between and Kedade and swept her off the floor, swaying her in the air as he gazed into her weary eyes. “Kedade!” Lance chirped. “You are alive.” “Yes, brother. I thought I’d never see you again.” Kedade said as he placed her back on the floor. “You don’t know how much I missed you.” Lance said, looking at Kedade with love. Kedade hugged her brother and wept solemnly. “Brother!” She snuffled. “They told me you were dead. Do you remember what happened to you back then?” Lance said. “I don’t what happened brother. I just found myself at the brothel.” Kedade remarked. “I have to go back to the general hospital for inquiry. They must explain to me how this happened.” Lance said and turned to Evans, embracing him heartily. “You are the best, Evans.” “Only doing my job, boss.” Evans was smiling triumphantly. “You work for NBCI, Evans. I though O’Neil was your friend.”
During breakfast, everyone ate quietly as the awkwardness between Kedade, John and Saga increased. Lance noticed this and tried to lighten up everyone’s moods. “Kedade, Saga. You two will be placed under witness protection. Some police officers will come here as soon as we leave. They will be your bodyguards until the operation is over.” he said. “Yes, brother.” Kedade said and chortled. “Thank you, Agent Lance.” Saga chipped in. “Lance is fine.” Lance said and patted Saga’s back. “Be rest assured that we will catch the people that subjected you to this pain, Kedade.” John added. Saga glared hard making Lance chortle. “In the meantime, John and I will start the preparation for an attack on Dario Pavel and O’Neil Williams.” Lance indicated. “I am glad to be home.” Kedade said and squeezed her brother’s hand affectionately. After breakfast, Kedade followed John to the terrace. She had to talk to him whether she
Chapter thirty-Seven The coming week was hectic one. Possible attacks had to be discussed, plans had to be drawn, scrutinized and reviewed till everyone was satisfied. IPS also sent its own squad to help Lance and John during the operation. This was how Lance made two more friends, Jodi and Henna. Henna was tall, slender and pretty, often reminding him of Gabriella while Jodi was more like John, always out to help him whenever he needed help. That night, Lance and John left home and went to the headquarters to prepare for an operation. After dressing up in full combat attires, Lance and his squad members ambushed the route which O’Neil and Pavel were to use to transport the girls and women they had kidnapped from their home. It was cold and dark but Lance did not seem to mind. His priority was catching Dario Pavel at all cost. Meanwhile, John and his squad stationed themselves at the junction where the police check point always resided while Jodi, Henna and their u
Lance slumped on his bed and relaxed his body. The past few days had been tiring for him such that it was only fair that he rested for a while before he went back to work. There was need to rush the process, O’Neil Williams and some of his colleagues were not going to run away anyway. Lance grabbed a photo f Gabriella from the bedside table and stared at it. Suddenly, Henna’s word rushed into his head prompting Lance to give his sister a call.“Daniel!” Kedade chirped. “I heard that you guys did well during your operation.”“Yes, we did well.”“I also heard that you got hurt.”“Just a little. A bullet grazed me but that is all.” Lance replied feeling exulted.“Be careful out there Lance.” Kedade’s voice sounded grave.“I am alright, Kedade.” Lance assured her. “I am doing this to make sure that you can come back home, Kedade. I want yo
Chapter Thirty-NineSunny woke up, took a bath and dressed up quickly. A servant had come to inform her that Lorenzo needed to see her immediately. She assumed that the urgent call was about Dario’s failure to complete his operation with O’Neil. Slowly walking into Lorenzo’s cambers, Sunny greeted her supposed father-in-law. He nodded and gestured her to a nearby seat. Sunny took a seat and looked at Lorenzo, intently scrutinizing him. He looked worried and weary, a sign that the ambush had taken a toll on him.“You called for me, father.” Sunny started the conversation. It had no being long since she arrived but she was already eager to have the conversation done with and leave because she loathed Lorenzo more than she did his son.“How is Dario?” He asked frantically.“The doctor said he will be fine after taking enough rest.” Sunny said. “He is lucky the bullet only hit his arm
Sunny woke up and saw that Dario was not in bed. She worriedly got out of bed and dashed to the restroom and slipped, losing her balance. Sunny was heading down on the floor when someone abruptly held her back from falling. She looked up at her savior and saw that it was Dario and smiled relievedly."Where were you going?" He asked."I got worried when I didn’t see you on the bed.""It's morning already.""Yes but you still have to rest." Sunny answered him brazenly. "Whatever you need, I will get it for you.""You are so sweet, but you should know that I am not a weak person." Pavel said and left. Sunny followed him into the room."I still insist that you rest." Sunny was relentless."I have to fix the problems we are currently facing Sunny.""What will you do?""I am going to sneak into NBCI and kill O'Neil.""It too dangerous." Sunny protested."I still have to go.""Then take me with you." Sunny said. No sooner had she said t
Chapter Forty-OneSunny frowned and moved back, giving Pavel a bit of space. Pavel flinched, knowing sunny was about to call him out on something he did wrong and he was right“Let’s forget about us for a moment and look at another pressing issue.” she said.“Which is?”“I saw your men bringing in new girls earlier.”“Is that a pressing issue? Such things should be normal to you by now.”“Dario, don’t you have a conscience? Those girls are minors. They are children for Christ’s sake. One of them should be thirteen or fourteen.”“And how do you know that?”“I can tell by looking, Dario.” Sunny sneered.“It’s just business, sunny. We must do whatever we can to survive.”“You want us to have a child together. Imagine if someone did that to our child.”“Sunny!
Sunny woke up to the soft voices coming from the direction of the terrace. She wondered who could be talking in mutters that early morning. Sneaking into the other room, Sunny stooped, hiding behind the bed to eavesdrop.“The auction went well, boss.” She heard Buxton say.“That is good. You should not tell sunny about this no matter what.” Pavel retorted. Sunny peeped ans saw him smirking triumphantly.“But how will we keep such information from her?” Buxton asked. “The thing is she is part of the operations now. We cannot afford to hide things from her.”“Are you telling me you can’t do what I just asked you to do?”“No, boss. I just think-Pavel pushed Buxton to the wall, pressing down his throat aggressively while the latter struggled to breathe.“Where is your loyalty, Buxton? Is it with me or her?”“You…” Buxton struggle
Gabriella..." Lance whispered her name. Gabriella stood up, dashed to him and hugged him."Daniel.." Gabriella cried on his shoulders. John walked in and began scrutinizing the basement to give them space. He found Lusha hiding behind a barrel and offered her his hand for help. She readily agreed. Hugging lengthily, Gabriella and Lance cried in each other's arms for a while before John interrupted them."We should go now." He said. Gabriella smiled at him and saluted."At ease..." John said and began walking to the door. Lance looked at Gabriella and caressed her cheek. Lusha grinned happily as she walked behind them."Why didn't you salute me too? I am the senior most here.""Do you want to brag about it?" Gabriella scoffed. As they reached the door, Pavel suddenly showed up and kicked John torso, sending him to the cold floor beneath Gabriella and Lance."Nice to meet you, Daniel and goodbye!" Pavel cried out. Looking up, Lance reali
Pavel ordered that Gabriella be brought to him after being disappointed when he did not receive a response from NBCI about his demands. He was worriedly looking out the window when she was brought in and carelessly slumped into a chair in front of him. Pavel turned to looked at her and she scoffed, her eyes glistening with mixed feelings of hate and gratitude. Apart from locking her and Lusha up, nothing major had been done to me. She and Lusha had food to eat, a comfy bed to lay down on and no torture. This made her wonder why Pavel was hesitant to deal mercilessly with her when he had it in him to hurt her."Your people did not respond to my message." Pavel told her as he poured himself a drink."I am not a weakling that they should rush to rescue me.""Or maybe you are not important to them.""Keep dreaming, Pavel." Gabriella scoffed again."You are my prisoner and you want to be hardheaded?""Do your worst! I am done playing with y
Two days after Evans' Commission, the allied forces met again. Hopefully, this would be their last mission This time around, Lance had also called the board members at NBCI to be a part of this meeting as the spies that had been deployed to spy on el Paradiso's vast areas had returned and this meant that the time to go and ambush Dario Pavel and put a stop to his terror had come.Meanwhile, Lance and his allies were not the only ones preparing for an attack. Gabriella and Pavel were also secretly planning their moves against each other. From the start, Pavel had vowed that no one would take Gabriella away from him and his desire to accomplish his promise was at the core of his very own heart."Are you really going to put me with this plan?" Marcos asked him pensively. "It could backfire you know.""If it backfires, I will kill Gabriella myself." Pavel replied confidently."Boss, think about this again.""All I have done since I discov
Back at the brothel, Lusha bolted to Gabrielle and hugged her. Pavel just walked past them and headed to the lobby where his new aide, Marcos was waiting for him. The two hugged lightly before Pavel took a seat and stared into space."Well....Did you do what you wanted?" Marcos asked him."Yes....I sent my family to a safe place." Pavel replied happily. "Now there is nothing stopping me from completing my plans.""What about Gabrielle? ""As usual, my mother loved her.""Too bad. You two won't ever be together.""It was her choice. She has exercised her will and It is time for me to exercise mine." Pavel replied."What are your orders?""We have an important adversary to deal with at the moment." Pavel said as he walked to the window and stared outside with a dismal expression."Don Francis." Pavel went on. "He dared to try and have experience assassinated.""What insolence! Give me your orde
Arriving at home, Pavel told his mother and brother to pack up before making a call. A van arrived in half an hour later and Patel helped Leon pack their luggage. Gabriella and the two men's mother watched in silence. As soon as they were done, Leon and Patel spoke in low tones. It was obvious they were discussing where learn would take their mother. Soon after that, they both approached Gabriella and their mother."Mother it is time to go." Leon said."Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would have to leave this place." Their mother replied sadly before she turned to Gabriella with a frown on her face."I am sorry dear. I wish we could spend a week together as planned.""I understand..." Gabriella replied and the woman hugged her. Leon also approached her and hugged her."Perhaps this is the last time we will see each other." He told her. Gabrielle smiled-it was a bitter smile. She knew that this was indeed the last time; not only for
As soon as Leon and Gabriella were done talking, they both went inside the house and found Pavel seated in the floor with his head on his mother's laps. Gabriella was a little flustered. She was never used to seeing Pavel so vulnerable and child-like. The woman stopped talking and caressing her son's head when she saw Gabriella. Pavel stood up too."Mum...She is the woman I was talking about." Pavel told his mother. Gabriella stepped forward as Pavel's mother stood up from her seat. Gabriella was going to shake her hand but she received a hug instead."Thank you." The woman whispered into Gabriella's ear."For what?"Gabriella could not help but ask. Pavel's mother chortled merrily and cradled her face."Without you, my son would not have come home." She said happily. "How long are you staying?"Gabriella was reluctant prompting Pavel to answer on her behalf. "We will be here for a week.""Although it is quite a short period....I am hap
Seeing that the security cameras were going off one by one, the security men in the guard room sprang up and ambushed to the door. One of them opened the door and dashed out out only to be met with a bullet from Lance's gun. The man looked at Lance with a blank expressing before his eyes shifted to his lower stomach, bleeding as blood profusely oozed out of his bullet wound. The others dashed into the hallway and engaged into a gunfight with Lance. It was not long before Calvary and some of the men heard the cacophony of gunfire and rushed to the scene. Calvary was confused to see Lance killing his men one by one before he realised that he had been tricked. Feeling betrayed and angry, Calvary opened fire from his revolver. The bullet missed Lance right ear with an inch as he sidestepped the attack with left leap and went down with a somersault. Reaching the floor with his side, Lance skidded to safety. All the while relentlessly shooting at his opponents. Calvary and some of his men
Later that evening, Lance crept near the Tavern with Terry and John following him behind closely. The other team from AHUTA had lagged behind to serve as the backup team when the attack commenced. Outside the Tavern, all was calm. Not many people were passing by and they made it easy for the law enforcers to move without being spotted. They all decided to enter the Tavern in groups of two to three in order to look like regular customers. Inside, everyone was busy that they did not suspect that something was off. The dim light in the tavern also provided a good camouflage. Besides, the tavern was crowded and noisy with the loud disco. People were busy grooving and chanting to the beat of the song. The law discuss not allow many people to be crowded in one Tavern but these people did not mind. They were used to breaking the law all the time. Soon, Lance and all his teammates infiltrated the Tavern and spread out to avoid suspicion. Some took to the dance floor while others
"Yes. I would would choose to live on the farm with Gabriella." Pavel thought to himself as he walked down the hallway that led to the bar. He still could not get the question that doctor Mattel had asked him out of his head. Even in the bar, he sat down and stared at his drink while thinking about Dr. Master's question."But it is too late now. This is my life. My father and I are far too gone that there is no turning back." Pavel told himself repeatedly.A few minutes after Pavel had left, Gabriella slightly opened her eyes and closed them again since she did not want to talk to Pavel at all even though she was awake."He is gone now. You can wake up." Dr. Matteo told Gabriella after Pavel had left."How did you know that I was awake?" Gabriella asked as she opened her eyes."I did not give you a high dose of the sedative." Dr. Matteo replied after chuckling. "From now on, you have to avoid taking to Pavel. Maybe i can get him to budge by