Happenings

Claude

When his mother had called him frantically, asking him to find where Tara was, Claude was in the city, working out in the gym, preparing for the Big Fight.

From her near-hysterical words, he was able to piece together the story; the wretched girl was trying to act out, he thought, scowling as he changed hurriedly and left the building with his men.

Claude had learned to take his father’s advice; he never went anywhere without his bodyguards.

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One thing was evident, his Mumma had not told Pappa. She said something about Pappa being under a lot of stress already and Claude frowned. It was not like Mumma to withhold anything from Pappa; something must have come up.

Piecing together the story, he had managed to get the idea and figure out Tara’s whereabouts. She had gone away with that no-gooder, Magnus Nord’s sister. Claude raked his hand through his springy blonde curls. Unlike his elder siblings, his hair was wavy and he kept it close-cropped but with the accident, he had allow