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All Chapters of Retribution of the Roar: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

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XLI. Former Enemies

If there was a physical manifestation of bad chemistry, it was Ryder and Zed's partnership for the mission.   Ryder stormed Sir Vance's office after the announcement of their tasks. Leison trailed after him to stop him but he had already opened the doors without knocking. Sir Vance was there sitting and smoking like he hadn't lit up enough fires, especially Ryder's fury.   ''No offense, sir, but do you mind using your head for a while?''   Sir Vance just looked up at the person who was standing in front of his table and dared to just enter into the head of the Triad's room.   ''Look at you, all worked up,'' he mocked and blew a smoke.   Ryder dug his pocket
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XLII. The Case of the Castouts

Ryder had been in the area a few times already but he was surprised at how the slums suddenly became so large, crowded, and too dirty.   Even Zed wasn't able to mask his disgust at the sight of the abandoned subdivision. Tents filled every space, leaving little room for the rugged children to play. Young but skinny ladies were washing clothes beside a polluted river while men and older boys were scavenging the dumpsite on the other side. It was an awful sight and it gripped Ryder's heart. While they were living in luxury, dozens of families here were fighting to survive every day.   In one area, a group of elderly women were boiling water on broken pots. Though what could they cook? They were only sitting and keeping the fire alive without a single can of food or ingredients.  
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XLIII. A Thing of the Past

Kaihra led them to what seemed like an old warehouse past the marketplace.   It was the most quiet place that they have encountered after the slums and the market. Though the room that the girl Kaihra led them had blinking bulbs, at least it was not dirty, dusty, or smelly. It was a decent room with two bedrooms, a mini-kitchen, and a cabinet. But what really caught Ryder’s attention was the expensive white table at the far end of the room. It was glowing as a pure pearl and Ryder was a hundred percent sure that it was a scientists’ table. What was it doing in a place like this?   Zed grunted as the Kaihra wrapped it tight with clean bandages. Zed looked okay at the moment unlike earlier where his face had gone a little pale from all the blood that he lost.    “What?” Z
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XLIV. Friendship and Foolacracy

“Sir, our signal to the market was lost.” The attendant came barging and panting in the main room. Grey didn’t turn around. Instead, he smiled. Grey could only clench his fist, not in surprise or anger, but in excitement. “I see. So it has started,” he mumbled. If only he could jump with joy right now, he would have danced for his attendant with a rose in his mouth and a glass of wine waiting for them on the wooden table. It only meant one thing—the place blew up. Everything was in the right timing. “I didn’t kill anyone,” Grey whispered to himself. “The girl was the one who accepted it with a willing heart.” The girl couldn’t be more than fourteen but Grey believed he was not to be blamed. He merely presented her a choice. She was the one who acted on her own. “Sir?” Grey just waved the anxious attendant away. “Nothing. Report it to upper management.” The attendant looked at him, wondering why Grey wasn’t fazed at all. Most didn’t know the behind the scenes of Hearth and the
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XLV. Young Girls; Adult Problems

Raeya and her other friends were rushing to the hospital. Earlier, they had received news that a bomb exploded at the place where Ryder and Zed were on their mission. Sir Vance immediately sent a rescue team but they didn't find them at the scene. It was only when the manager of Hanki Hospital, the place where warriors are treated, called them saying that Ryder and Zed were there. ''Let's go.'' Leison was the first to stand up but it was Raeya who beat them at the parking lot. The rest of Aegis didn't waste any time and hopped on their motors without waiting for the call to be finished. They zoomed from their house to the center of the town where Hanki hospital was located. To think that they were transported there, miles away from their original mission point, were they in grave danger that the hospital there couldn't take care of them? More importantly, did they encounter Hearth? Because if they did and they were responsible for the explosion, Raeya would seriously go all-out whe
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XLVI. Resolve

''So, are you gonna keep your word, leader of Aegis?'' The wind wheezed past through them. There was nothing on the rooftop that could shield them from the cold breeze coming from the mountains that spread on their left. It only became colder with Zed's question. ''I intend to,'' was all he could say. ''You know that's not really enough and that you could say something more concrete.'' It was ironic how in the last war, the two were also at a rooftop with their weapons clashing under dark skies and not standing with each other like this with the peaceful afternoon sky. Silence filled them, making Ryder remember what happened before the explosion. ''Wait!'' Ryder shouted before Kaihra pressed the button. Kaihra looked at him with vengeful eyes. ''Kaihra, do you want a world without powers? Like the ones that controlled your father, the same ones that gave you this bomb and to who knows whatever information they filled you in?'' ''Ryder, what are you--'' ''Do you?'' Ryder aske
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XLVII. Trust and Truce

To think that the emergency meeting would only consist of them three. They weren't even able to rest from their mission when Sir Vance summoned them to the temporary headquarters. The two thought it was an official meeting but then, Sir Vance invited the two in his room, locked the doors, and offered them coffee. ''No?'' Sir Vance asked with an eyebrow raised when he saw that Ryder and Zed were not moving in their seats. ''I'm fine,'' Ryder said. ''I'll have mine,'' Zed answered to which Sir Vance gave him a mug with dark coffee in it. The aroma filled the whole room but not enough to arouse Ryder. At that moment, he didn't want to do anything but sleep on Sir Vance's bed. Sir Vance’s new room was cramped compared to his glorious office back at the old Triad that Hearth destroyed. His office was the largest and was covered in black tiles from the floor to the ceiling. It would seem like it was empty but in reality, every tile stored something, whether a table, a chair, or a TV set
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XLVIII. Perspectives

It had been three days since Kaihra was brought to the library, the home of Absinthe where her father used to stay. It was peculiar for a house of warriors. Zed, the leader of Absinthe, gave her a room beside Macy, the kind girl who offered her hand and her friendship. Thanks to her, she felt belong in a group filled with big men. But what really scared her at first were the similar scars etched on the back of their right palm like they were some gang. Macy mentioned it about it being called the Scar of Shame. She explained that it was Absinthe’s punishment for their actions in the last war. It was a mark that they once did something wrong. “You don’t have one yourself,” Kaihra asked her. “Yes, because I only joined Absinthe after the war.” After the war. To think that someone who was two years younger than her had already the resolve to join a warring company even if they had a bad image in the past. Well, she couldn’t blame her, either. Even Kaihra had accepted Hearth’s money
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XLIX. The Start of the Hunt

Kaihra was doing chores as usual. She was already at Absinthe for a week and it felt great. It was like she was really part of the family when they just picked her up. Though she couldn’t go out on her own because of the danger of Hearth’s presence still inside Khenealm, that was fine by her since she was more than grateful to be living here rather than the dark marketplace. The Absinthe house always needed lots of cleaning. It was no wonder why it was the first thing Macy introduced to her. There was always a shelf that had disorganized books, a sachet of coffee somewhere, a misplaced card, or a scattered board piece. At first, Kaihra was surprised that such issues of cleanliness were present in a house of adults. Back at her old room, even though she lived in such an untidy place, she still managed to not make it obvious that she was living underground. But as the days went by, she saw that the Absinthe members weren’t doing it on purpose. It’s just that there were times when they
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L. Last Love

Kaihra screamed at the top of her lungs as the beast leaped forward towards her. The effort made her shut her eyes, afraid of what was going to happen to her. She knew the Shadows were the rabid animals that stomped on their land. They were the reason she couldn’t understand why people were willing to fight such beasts. “Stand up!” She wasn’t dreaming. She could still actually hear. “KAIHRA!” Macy shouting out her name made her open her eyes back to reality. There was a shell of an empty smoke grenade at her feet. She was covered with fog. Kaihra heard the sound of footsteps running towards her from her back. She was just about to turn around when Macy beat her into it. Macy grabbed her wrists and pulled her away from the scene. “Macy?” Macy held her hand tightly as they ran down. They got out of the property of Absinthe and entered a narrow alley which was a shortcut towards the center of the town. "How?" Kaihra was able to shout her question as they sped, knocking garbage
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