“We went there, but there was nothing,” Lauren said to Ashford as she tendered the paper before his feet. “Also, we didn't encounter anyone on the way there.”Ashford let out a disappointed sigh, and he began to drum his fingers on the armrest of his throne-like seat, as though he was coming up with another plan.“I've never set my eyes on him,” Ashford said, brushing his hair backward. “That's what makes it funnier.”“Other than the S-rank gates, I don't think you've ever set your foot outside,” Brandon's gaze was fixed on the floor.Ashford confirmed that statement with a stomp of his feet, then he rose from the seat. “You're right Brandon,” by that time, he had gone down the stairs, then he rested a hand on Brandon's shoulder. “We’ll go out today.”Lauren whipped her head towards William's direction, and Brandon towards Freya's, all looking at one another with a marveled expression.“I also got words from Malik that they lost three of the five wall protectors,” rather than sympath

“Look who we have here,” as the cloud of smoke erupted from the ground, the voice became louder in Ashford's ear. Yet, his stance didn't waver one bit.When the smoke vanished, a lady walked out, wrapping a black see-through shirt around her upper body, then she summoned a rope from the smoke, wrapping it around her waist.“You were the last person I was expecting,” she bowed slightly before Ashford. “Is something the issue?”The void in Ashford's eyes gave her a hint that made her tilt her head.“Do you want us to do something for you?”“Yes,” he answered in a curt manner, then took his back off the wall. “This is a thing I can do myself, but walking around aimlessly?”The woman understood where he was headed and she smiled. “It's not really your thing right? Everyone knows that already.”Staring at the buildings in the city, Ashford could firmly say there was no change, but looking at the dilapidated walls of the city's gate withering grasses, and longer trees, it was as though he h

“We don't have to do this,” Theodore said as he struggled to get out of the grasp of two hefty men. “I was never involved in their plan, you should investigate further!”The prison door slammed against his face, forcing him to shut his mouth, then one of the men scanned him from the head to toe.“This is the second time you're plotting an escape since you came here, do you think Lord Adrian would accept that?” He huffed at Theodore.“You may as well rot in this place with your fucking princess,” the man added with a frown before he tapped his associate, and they both walked out of Theodore's sight.“Please don't apologize,” Derek could feel Theodore's eyes boring into him already. “Catherine wasn't there to support you, so it's understandable.”Theodore's shoulder sagged in disappointment, and his face fell. “I tried but their security is tight as fuck.”He kept staring at Derek, trying to decide if he should really ask the question or keep it until the day of their execution.‘No, Ju

[STATUS: PENDING.]Joshua blinked in the bathroom while seeing this, then he swiped it out of his vision. Returning his focus back to the huge mirror that showed a reflection of who he still found hard to believe was himself.Everything seemed different.Every single detail. Except for the hair and skin tone.He had grown a few inches taller, his shoulders and chest had gotten broader and the contour in his biceps had gotten sharply defined. Like crazily defined.‘All these and I still can't jump over that gate,’ the disappointment was quite evident in his head, then he shook it. ‘They won't even talk to me,’ his mind went back to the voices he heard during his hearing.Ever since he left the place he'd call an eternal damnation, the system had not said a single word to him, neither did it feel like he had any connection to them.At least not anymore. “Status.”[PENDING.]His shoulders sagged, following a deep breath, and he stepped out of the room shortly, grabbing a pen and a pape

“We don't know how long we have until we are sent out again,” Brandon said to Lauren while walking towards Chloe who was tapping a pen against a paper.“Chloe.”She let out a gasp then jerked her head upward. “Sir Brandon…”“Lord Ashford requests your presence in his chambers,” he moved his gaze a few meters across the left. “Malia, you too.”“Unexpected, but whoa.” Malia groaned slightly as she rose from her seat, and with a single nod at Lauren she walked out of the class.Chloe laced her hands at her front then lowered her head at Brandon and Lauren before walking towards the door.“They're the best source of information as things stand,” Lauren looked at Chloe as she shut the door behind her. “They look fragile, but they are not so…”“Oh, they are,” Brandon interrupted while looking at the rest of the lower ranks learning stunts from one another. “You should have seen her when we went to the operation-sweep-out event.”Brandon raised a hand upward to block the rays from the sunlig