CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR With everything that was going on, Hudderson Zordan knew that he was going to face a lot of challenges. Challenges that could come along with a lot of danger and he was getting ready for them even though he didn’t know how intense they were going to be. His priority was to find out what happened to his sister that fateful night, but he wasn’t ready for what was coming his way. He was going to discover a lot of secrets, secrets that were laced with more betrayal and pain. It had been three days since the party, and yet there was nothing from Mike. No calls, no messages, and Hudderson couldn’t stop himself from hoping that the ex-soldier was going to give him feedback soon. Hudderson would have called to find out how far he had gone, but Mike usually encrypted his calls, and there was no way to reach him. “I can’t just go there. I could put him in so much trouble.” Hudderson thought to himself, ignoring the lunch his wife made for him that sunny a

CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX Hudderson was almost as frozen as Concierge Will the moment he saw bloodstains all over the place, but he managed to walk further into the living room, hoping to find Lara. “Lara. Are to here?” He asked with a whisper, making sure that his footsteps were as silent as possible. He gave the Concierge a signal to move through the other side, and after they had searched the entire house, they came back to meet each other in the living room. “Did you find anything?” Hudderson asked even though the Concierge’s expression had already given him his answer. “Nothing at all. I think she was taken.” Will sighed heavily, taking one last look around before returning his gaze to the Supreme Ruler. “When could this have done?” Hudderson whispered, still looking around in search of any clue that could help with the situation. After a few minutes, he dialed a number on his phone and waited to get a response from the person he was calling. “Hello, Boris. Lara h

CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT Still standing before Lara and her brother, Hudderson looked at the hard drive which had been handed over to him by the siblings after they brought it out from where they had hidden it. “Mmmh!” He sighed heavily before he spoke. “This must contain something that no one is supposed to see for them to be after you guys. Where did you get this?” “We found it.” “What do you mean you found it? Did someone just drop it where you can find it?” Hudderson wasn’t satisfied with the response he got from Boris, but the young man didn’t know how to explain. Lara had to speak up at once. She cleared her throat and said with a nervous tone. “We made a transaction with some men, and we found it in the bag they gave to us.” Her story didn’t make actual sense to Hudderson, so he decided to get more meaning out of it. “What kind of transaction? Who did you do business with?” There was no response, and reading from their body language, Hudderson could tell tha

CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTYHudderson looked around, but there was no sign of his wife or any other person, just the five armed men who were ready to shoot him.“Who are you and how did you get in here?!” Another fired, but Hudderson didn’t want to speak until he was ready.“Gentlemen?” He cleared his throat. “There will be no need for anyone to get hurt if you give me what I am here for. You guys took my wife, and I want her back.”The men laughed loudly. Hudderson’s words sounded very funny to them, but they didn’t realize that he was deeply offended.“Look, man. I think you should leave, okay?” The leader of the gang said, and the others supported him with nods.“Anyone we take is not leaving. Just go and get yourself another wife.” The man sniggered at Hudderson, and then there was another round of laughter.“He is a fine man, I am sure he will have a lot of ladies flocking all over him.” Another joked, and they laughed over it.Then there was silence, and their countenances cha

CHAPTER TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWOFrom a distance, Hudderson could see Vladimir’s son kneeling on a corner of the dark room with two soldiers standing close to him.His hands and feet were chained, there was no difference between him and a criminal. His eyes were covered with a piece of black cloth.The young man was shivering, unable to figure out where he was.“Who is there?!” Nelson yelled, his breath as unsettled as his voice.“I swear I didn’t do anything! I was just smoking with my friends!” He looked around, but he got no response.“Who are you guys? My father has money! Lots of money! I am sure he can give you some if you let me call him!”Hudderson scoffed, marching silently until he got close enough to Nelson.“Let the boy see me, this isn’t hell yet.” He pointed, and one of the soldiers took off the blindfold.Nelson blinked severally, looking around in panic.Then he saw Hudderson waving at him with a smile.“You?!” He gasped, and then his fright intensified.“What do you