CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE Curious to know what the document contained, Rylan slowly picked it up from the table and took a glance at it. His brows furrowed and his eyes widened in disbelief. He couldn’t utter even a word while he returned his gaze to Terence who didn’t blink even for a second. The retired Deputy Shadow Monarch didn’t care about the consequences of his actions. “You will do what I tell you to do, Adrian. You owe me! Without me, there would be no Dragon Shadow Monarch!” Terence insisted, pointing at Adrian who sniggered at him at once. “Is that what you tell yourself so that you can sleep well at night after everything you did? You almost broke me, Brooks!” Adrian clenched his fists. It took him a lot to stop himself from pouncing on Terence and releasing heavy punches on his face. “You want me to sell weapons to our enemy countries. Do you know how much power you could be handing over to them if they get their hands on our artillery shells?”“Well, it wouldn’

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREEAfter he had listened for a long time to be sure that no other person was around, Adrian pushed the metal cover up and came out of the trunk of the car. The men who took Boris into the mine were certain that no one else was inside the car, so they didn’t bother to check the trunk. With cautious steps, Adrian made his way into the mine, and even though everywhere became darker as he went further, it didn’t look like anything he had ever seen before. Listening attentively even for the slightest sound, he heard the sound of men speaking a foreign language. Their voices were faint, but he managed to locate them eventually. Taking out one of them who was away from the others because he wanted to have a smoke, Adrian moved to the other two who didn’t even notice his presence. All he had to do was slam their heads together, and they passed out almost at the same time. But he had to make sure that they made no thudding sound by taking them to the ground sl

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE Adrian couldn’t stop staring at his sister’s image on the screen. Her long raven hair and blue eyes were the same. The white coat she had on was evidence of what Akim said to him. “She still looks the same, Akim. Nothing has really changed about her.” Adrian took in a deep breath, and then he touched the screen. “I will find you, Diana, and I am going to bring you back home.” Akim just stared at Adrian without saying a word, but the moment the Shadow Monarch turned to look at him, he already knew what he was about to demand.“It could be too dangerous, Adrian,” Akim warned, but Adrian refused to budge. “We fought in the greatest war this world has ever seen, Akim. What else could be more dangerous than that?”“This is different, Adrian.” Akim pressed one of the buttons on his wheelchair, and it moved him closer to Adrian.“Back then, we had numbers and we knew who our enemies were. We knew how to fight them, we knew their weaknesses, we also knew

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVENMorgan Bugrov was Mildrion’s Prime Minister- the country of Hillcrest. He chose to reside in one of the most luxurious estates with his family. The estate belonged to another, but it was his to claim, and no one could question his authority or it could end well for whoever did so. He waited for Adrian to arrive while he stood in front of the magnificent edifice with his wife, Tiara. “It’s okay, love. The Shadow Monarch will be here in no time, I am sure he will help us find our boy.” Morgan was very confident, but his wife had so much doubt.She sniffled to stop the tears in her eyes before she spoke with a shaky voice.“It’s been three months, Morgan! Three months!”“I know, dear. But this time will be different, I assure you.” The Prime Minister wiped the tears from his wife’s face, but he withdrew his hand from her the moment he heard the whirling sound in the air. “They are back.” He said, and when he looked up and saw Adrian in the helicopter

As Ye Jian got off the car, a pair of hairy hands grabbed the bag which she was holding in her arms. Instead of losing grip, Ye Jian took out a packet of tampons from the bag. Crying abashedly, she stuttered in English in a fearful tone, “Do men need this? Do... do you need this?”As the other three kidnappers saw the tampons, they burst into laughter.The man who grabbed the bag also laughed, but he suddenly pulled out a pistol from behind and placed it against Ye Jian’s forehead. With a fake smile on his face, he said, “Kid, don’t mess with me.”Although a gun was pointing at her head, Ye Jian became increasingly calm. She didn’t scream, instead, she opened her eyes wildly, trying to look like she was about to collapse due to fear.Actually, Ye Jian’s attention was on the pistol and she tried to figure out its make.It was a 180mm-long, Beretta 8000 Cougar F-model pistol with 15-round magazine capacity and ambidextrous safety levers. She thought she might need a pistol on her escape