CHAPTER 167LEO:"Look what I found in Elise's lunch box. Seems to me like it has something to do with those two men who came here. What do you think?"Leo sipped from the cup of coffee in his hands. "I think so too.""I don't know if this is supposed to make me feel worried because those people are visiting Elise," Ava said and I frowned in concentration."What I'm gonna do right now, is track the leader of the organization, and while I am doing that, I'll tighten security around Elise or make her change her school, what do you think?""I think a change of school will be better." She replied.I kissed her forehead, "there's no need to be scared. I need you to always feel protected around me, okay?" She nodded and I hugged her.My work as the CEO of Starbucks Corporation has been successful over the last few months.That reminds me, I'll need to tell my mate about an upcoming party to celebrate new heights, hosted by those who have attained higher echelons in business."Ava, there wil
AUTHOR'S POV:Friday came and everyone began getting ready for the events to come. Ava and Leo were not an exception to this.Prominent men and women from all walks of life were going to be in attendance. Ranging from businessmen to company owners and tech companies. Probably, everyone who majored in millions and billions was going to be in attendance.Leonard had been hardworking enough to make a few million within his first few months, and perhaps that was why he was invited."Ready?" Leo asked."Yes, almost done, can you come to help me with the zipper?" Ava asked politely. "Coming," "Wow," Leo's jaw dropped the moment he saw his wife and mate. She looked extremely breathtaking in the red dress she wore.Ava was putting in a red dress made with a combination of the sequence and velvet material, giving off a classy look.That was not all, the back slit that stopped right on her waistline didn't help matters even though her long wavy hair tried to conceal.The cloth had a V-neck tha
AVA:"If anyone here wants to leave, they have to leave this party without informing the police. We have the data of everyone in here and failure to comply would lead to the loss of their loved ones." The middle-aged man said and I huffed.I was lost in the crowd, I didn't know what he meant by that, but I decided to act like I was like everyone else, and walked towards the exit door which led to the outside of this place.I glanced at Leo, and he had thus sorry look in his eyes. I did not know what had happened or what he was up to but I was going to support him. I planned to get out of here and call Ethan who was outside, in addition to any other wolf who was willing to help in freeing Leo.And so, I walked absentmindedly, not knowing I was being called, till one of the men grabbed my shoulder, shoving me harshly against the wall."I said, you can't leave!" Leo growled. I know this must be difficult for him not to come to my rescue. Something strange was happening.Leo had stopped
AVA:"Let. Her. Go," Leo's authoritative voice echoed around me, as we as the men surrounding me."We have your daughter. Watch this. If you want her alive, then come with us." They said, then, Leo and I exchanged glances before watching the video. "Mum, Dad, I wanna go home!" My precious Elise cried for help. The video only lasted for a few seconds yet I noticed that she was in a strange environment.This led me to ask myself, 'What happened to Billie? Why wasn't she able to protect our daughter? Where Billie was at the moment, was she safe?My eyes glazed with tears as I gasped. This couldn't be happening, could it?I turned to Leo, "Darling, we have to go with them, they've got Elise." My hand on his arm shivered yet as I waited for his response.Leo's response was a quick one. "What if they are not being completely honest? I couldn't risk us because of such a short video," Leo said.The leader of the gang seemed to have heard and so he chuckled, baring his perfectly immaculate te
AUTHOR'S POV:"Are you trying to say that we run the risk of being found in no time? By the way, who are those people over there?" Leo double-questioned."Yes, you do. And for the second question, I do not know them individually. All I know is that they are not humans, just like you. I also have no idea why the Grandmasters had to abduct them. Usually, when the Grandmaster abducts it means two things. It's either they want to grab them for attention or use them for a particular purpose. Right now, I think the latter is the case." Drake explained."Please follow me and I'll show you to your daughter. She is safe and sound." Drake, Lep, and Ava began walking in a particular direction. They entered an elevator after a long time of walking through the corridor.The elevator took them straight to the fourth floor."Daddy, Mummy!" Elise ran to Lep and hugged him tight before proceeding to hug her mother.Drake hadn't lied about their daughter being safe, and it meant one thing, Drake and hi
AUTHOR'S POV:"I insist we go on the mission together. You don't expect me to trust you just like that, for you?" Leo stood up and took the gum while handing the second one to Ava.Ava smiled. That was a smart move by Leo to be protective of her."We'll be in one of the locations described in this location. We are a power couple. We must not split."That's great. Meet us at the designated address then." One of the men said and puffed out smoke from his mouth, giving off a dangerous attitude.Leo took Ava's hand and was about to step out of the place, his hand was already on the doorknob when someone issued a warning."Remember. You cannot breathe a word of this to anyone."******10 pm, New York time...Leo arrived at the appointed place at 10 pm just as they had agreed with the Equators.The streetlights gave luminance to their masked faces.Leo held his wife's hand, and turning to her, he said, "Whatever this turns out for us. I want you to know that I love you, okay?""Okay," Ava r
AUTHOR'S POV:The night cold made Ava rub her arm as she wondered what next to do. Then again, the lights came on and she almost fidgeted. The dog continued barking too and so, Leo pulled out a gun and shit at it - his first kill.A certain door opened and a security man nearly staggered out. "What's with all that noise." He squinted his eyes, probably oblivious to whoever was trying to disturb his precious sleep.Immediately, Ava rounded up to his side and gave him a blow that connected from his neck to his jaw, causing him to pass out.Ava breathed in a sigh of relief. The first obstacle was gone.They both stared at the open door where the security man had just come out from. After which they began walking in that direction. But then, Leo stopped and bent down, searching the man's pocket, because he reasoned that there might be keys in this man's pocket."Let's hurry. We had 45 minutes then...I'm not sure how much more time we have left," Leo said to her when she stopped to wait fo
AVA:Steadily tapping my foot on the floor, I looked around the place. The Equators surrounded us.I knew they would find out that we didn't kill the lady in the house, despite that we had emptied the bullets.Perhaps, that was the reason they called us here. To tell us that we have failed in the first assignment that was given to us."Congratulations. Your mission was successfully accomplished." Drake was the first to speak and draw up a smile on his face. He walked up to Leo and brought out his handshake but Leo silently reclined while giving Drake a menacing glare."Get straight to the point and tell us why we are here," Leo said."Right. Right..." Drake chuckled and I wondered why he stopped chuckling all too suddenly. "If you thought we would not know that you didn't kill the woman, then you must be thinking lowly of us. But here's the point, I congratulated you because you passed the test of loyalty." Drake's face suddenly became serious. The rate at which his facial expression