Kael tightened his hold around the guard’s neck, his gaze icy cold. "Originally, I wanted to ask you about my children's whereabouts peacefully but now, it seems that is not necessary.""I give you six seconds to think carefully and tell me where they went. If you delay by even a second, I will break your old bones!"THUD!He threw the old guard against the wall. The latter crashed to the ground and began to cough violently.When his coughing ceased, he raised a shaky finger in Kael's direction wide-eyed. "Who do you think you are to assault me?! Do you even know who this cemetery belongs to? How dare you cause trouble here?!"Without waiting for Kael to speak, he gritted and continued, "This cemetery is financially sponsored by the Rutherford's family! If you dare hit me again, you will provoke them. Let me tell you, they run half of the city. You cannot afford to offend them!"The guard continued threatening Kael but he didn't even respond. Instead he stood quietly, his fingers tapp

Kael stopped reading for a minute. His vision clouded and he was filled with grief. A tear dropped on the page as he read the last entry.[It's almost nine years now. Recently, things haven't been going well at home. A lot of things are happening and I miss him so much. But I have stopped holding on to that belief that he may still be alive. It doesn't matter anymore]The journal entry ended abruptly after this, dated two months ago. Kael held the notebook tightly to his heart.'Bridget, you silly woman. You waited for so long without knowing if I am still alive or dead.'Reminiscing about his time at the army, his heart was overwhelmed with pain. He couldn't call her when he first joined the army because of the special mission he was deployed to that took several months to complete.Then when he returned to the army, he didn't dare call her to avoid endangering her and her family's safety. He thought by doing that, he was keeping her safe from his enemies not knowing what was actuall

"Humph! Why should I care about him? They are so poor and disgusting. It makes my skin crawl just thinking we'll be standing under the same roof," Serena Sterling spat out disdainfully."If it wasn't because of that bitch Bridget that gave them her villa before she died, they would have been living in the slums."THUD!She kicked a servant passing by, making the man trip and hit his face on the floor.Then she scolded him, "Can't you watch where you are going? You almost made me lose my footing. Now hurry up and clean this dirty footprint from the floor."The servant looked down at the floor shamefully. His fingers clenched but he didn't dare talk back.Instead, he hurriedly stood up and bowed. "I'm sorry, miss. I'll clean the dirty stain right away."The servant had only just begun to clean the stain when the entrance door swung open. Rowan and Kael appeared at the entrance, as they quietly scrutinized the grand decorations.As soon as Ivan noticed them, he hurried to meet them and u

Outside the villa, Rowan looked up at the gigantic gate and gave an exhausted sigh. "What do we do now, Kael? It's obvious that Ivan won't back down. Those foolish noble families will obviously believe you two are acquainted.""Let it be," Kael shrugged nonchalantly. He really didn't care about Ivan's threats. The latter has no evidence of their acquaintance.Besides, if he wanted, he could easily expose Ivan's lies and trample on him with a few words.But as long as Ivan heed to their warnings and stop his foolish actions, he will let him survive.RING!RING!Kael's phone suddenly chimed loudly in his pockets. When he saw the caller ID flashing on the phone screen, his brows furrowed at the unknown number.He answered the call and lifted the phone to his ear with a hint of suspicion. As soon as the call connected, an urgent, childish voice came through the line."Uncle... uncle... Please, save my sister!"Kael's eyes widened slightly because he remembered the voice clearly. It was th

The little girl's pale facial features twisted with pain. Her skin was as white as a corpse. Even her lips had turned parched and completely lost color.DRIP!DRIP!The tube connected to her veins was still slowly sapping her blood."Humph! Stop whining! Just endure it and it will be over before you know it," the doctor scolded her harshly, placing the surgical knife on a tray."But... it... really hurts..." Isla cried out softly, her voice increasingly faint."Then that's good. Let it hurt now so it will hurt less later," the doctor snorted. His eyes darted to the nearly filled blood bag.He turned to Mrs Keller, nodding briefly to indicate that they could start now. He reached out and tore the little girl's clothes.Then he slowly began to make an incision on her skin with the surgical knife. The orphanage manager Tim was startled."What's going on? Didn't you say you were only going to do a blood transfusion?""Humph!" Mrs Keller snorted. "Why waste so much doing a blood transfusio