Elder Valmont kept muttering as he took a seat in one of the chairs, “I can’t believe it. It can’t be." Then he got up, “No." " I don’t believe it.”He moved breathlessly in the room with no particular direction. After a while, he moved slowly and leaned on a chair. With a finger tucked under his chin, he said thoughtfully “Brennan doesn’t even have that much power.” “And that Brennan's heir is just a boy.”Elise raised a brow. He was the same man who had agreed to the marriage alliance and now, Jasper's just a boy?!Elise hissed, " Boy?! Father please…” She knew how her father belittles people because of his arrogance, believing he is on top of everyone else. She sighed, "Do you remember the woman we ordered to be kidnapped because she was digging on us and found something?” “What about her? What does that have to do with anything?”“She has everything to do with everything, Father." Elise replied, “She's related to Jasper." The room turned silent Elder Valmont’s gaze har

Just as Elder Vittorio dropped the question to Jasper, Jasper smirked. Panic never found its way to his heart.He had an answer for him. For all of them.He always did.With an annoyingly calm expression, he turned to Vittorio to answer the question for the furious elders staring at him like they wanted him dead the next minute.“I believe…” Jasper spoke up, but he ended up stammering because of the beep from his phone in his pocket. He pulled out his phone and stared at the screen.Jasmine was the caller.There definitely had to be an update on Sophia's health. He'd done a lot to keep her safe; he couldn't gamble with her health over an answer no one could fight him about if he didn't give it.He turned his back to the elders as he walked towards the door, taking the call.“Jasmine?”“Active. Sophia is awake now.” Jasmine summarized the essence of her call. “She wants to talk to you. Be here in a few minutes?”“You bet.” He hung up the call and slipped his phone back into his pocket

For a second, Jasper remained dumbfounded. The news he had just heard tied his tongue.They were worse things than he had seen and heard from Jackson? Human trafficking in Silverlake?How could human beings be extremely wicked to another fellow human?“The Valmont have been trafficking people in Silverlake?” Zoey asked in shock, Goosebumps all over her skin.“Not just Silverlake, Zoey.” Sophia replied, “They are one of the largest traffickers worldwide, in and out of Europe, and all other continents too.”Jasper stood to his feet after hearing those words Sophia just said.“What a way to make money” Jasper mumbled sadly.He had met Elder Valmont once—at the banquet where he introduced himself to Elsie. The man didn’t look like someone who could kill a fly. Although, he didn’t pay much attention to him since he didn’t come to the party for him. “How dirty.”As strange and disturbing as it sounds, it is exactly what was going on. Human trafficking was now a full time business. But he

Jackson shook his head slightly as he glanced at the wall clock. The last command given to him by Jasper was yet to be carried out.As soon as it was 1am, he clicked on the last video recorded, played it and shook his head before releasing it to the Internet, a smirk dancing on his lips.Being in charge of causing Internet chaos was, according to him, something to boast about. He kept replaying the video, feeling pretty satisfied with Elise’s face that showed clearly and Sophia's situation.Only a blind man would deny that Elise pulled the trigger after pressing the gun to Sophia's chest. It was much clearer than crystal. He walked away from where he dropped his device, quite convinced by how the internet was blowing up without much of his effort.As soon as Jasper started receiving calls from different people, he knew his command had been carried out. He wouldn't receive so many calls on a normal day, not even in such a desperate manner. He stared at the screen each time a call notif

Jasper was in his car, driving along the streets of Silverlake, lost in thought after the conversation he had with Zoey.That was all he could think about.What Zoey said kept him thinking deeply.Was Zoey right?Maybe.Maybe not.Was he in love? No, that’s not possible, he thought. After what he had faced in the hands of his last woman, he doubted he wanted to get involved in anything that had to do with love again. He could bet Sophia is a great woman.But somehow, he felt she was gradually entering into his private space; the way she talked, smiled, walked, almost everything she did amazed him. She was special in a way. He recalled how he watched Elise shoot her before his eyes. How the world tilted. He felt choked. His heart congested. He could not think or see clearly anymore. Everything became meaningless to him.He thought he had lost her forever.With her, he felt at home, more relaxed, relieved, and happy. She was literally like his safe space. But what if it was fear of