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Chapter 38: You might inhale it
As Desmond drove, his grip on the steering wheel was tight enough to make his knuckles pale. The blinking dot on the tracker guided them through several turns until finally.“We’re here,” Desmond said, slowing the car.They had arrived on a quiet, ordinary street. It didn't seem isolated nor abandoned. Cars were parked neatly along the road. A few people walked past casually, minding their business. Large houses stood behind tall gates, and across the street were a couple of small convenience stores and a fruit stand.Desmond stepped out quickly.“Vivian!” he called, his voice sharp.Asher exited the car more slowly, his eyes scanning the surroundings. “This place…” he murmured. “doesn’t look like somewhere kidnappers would keep someone.”Desmond turned in a slow circle, searching for anything suspicious like an unmarked van, a warehouse, or a broken-down building. But there was nothing.“It looks basic,” Noah added quietly.Desmond checked the tracker again. The blinking dot was stil
Chapter 37: A missing student?
“Is…she with you by any chance?”Desmond’s hands trembled as he held the phone to his ear. His heart pounded so heavily in his chest.“Zoe…I don’t understand. Vivian isn’t with me. Isn’t she with you?”There was a long pause on the other end.“Zoe, talk to me!” Desmond pressed, his voice already strained, panic rising in his chest.“Well…” Zoe stuttered, her breathing uneven. “After she left for school yesterday morning, she never came back.”“What?” “Yes,” Zoe continued. “I went to visit my parents yesterday because my mom was unwell. I only got back today. The house looked exactly the way we left it. Normally Vivian would’ve cooked something. There was nothing made. Everything was untouched. That’s when I knew she never came home. And she’s not taking my calls either.”Desmond swallowed hard. His throat felt dry. “Okay… okay. I’ll try to reach her.”He hung up abruptly.Asher, who had been watching him closely, stood and walked over. “What’s wrong? You seem uneasy.”Desmond wiped h
Chapter 36: Is she with you by any chance?
"Alright, let’s go,” Asher said, turning sharply. Desmond followed behind him as they entered the lift, riding it silently until it reached the designated floor. When the doors slid open, a huge, chill room stretched before them. Machines Desmond couldn’t quite name, hummed softly in the background. Desmond’s gaze swept across the space.“This is the Purge room,” Asher explained. “It’s a high-security chamber within the Golden Empire, built so that dangerous auras and energies can be extracted from a person safely, without putting anyone else at risk.” He stepped deeper into the room, Desmond following. “Think of it as a combination of a containment lab and an energy sanctuary.”A sudden groan and the sound of struggling caught their attention. Desmond turned to see two men, each over 6 ft tall, holding the affected man tightly. He growled and thrashed, still trying to resist.“Take him over there,” Asher instructed, pointing to an empty bed positioned at the center of the room.
Chapter 35: The purge room
Back at the Golden Empire, Desmond and Asher had brought the affected man to a private room. The man was still groaning and muttering incoherently, so they had chained him to the side of the bed to keep him from thrashing about or harming himself further.Asher had explained that the man had somehow come into contact with Blackfinger’s aura, and it was trying to take over his body. Blackfinger was the total opposite of Goldenfinger. While Goldenfinger healed and restored, Blackfinger existed to destroy. It caused self-harm and self-destruction, feeding off chaos and pain.That was why the man had aimlessly leapt from the chandelier earlier, not caring if he broke bones, sprained muscles, or even died.Desmond looked at the man, then at Asher, his expression tense. “This is bad. What do we do?”He was genuinely worried. This man was a member of their staff, part of the Golden Empire, and Desmond couldn’t just stand by while he self-destructed. He had been so anxious earlier that he ev
Chapter 34: I can find my way home
Vivian was sitting in the classroom, idly tapping her pen against the desk while the bell signaling break rang. Some of the other students had already started filing out, laughing and chatting, but she stayed behind for a moment to finish packing her things.She carefully closed her book and slid it into her bag, ready to head to the school canteen for lunch.As she rose to her feet, she almost bumped into someone. She froze and looked up, and her breath hitched.He was tall, broad-shouldered, and strikingly handsome. Fair skin, hazel eyes that seemed to study her in amusement, and a beanie pulled snugly over his head. It was Alex, the boy who always wore beanies. He had a whole collection of them in different colours, saying he had really bad hair and was ashamed of it.“You startled me,” Vivian said, stepping back.Alex cleared his throat lightly and stepped aside, offering a small, sheepish smile. “My bad.”They had grown close over the past few weeks, ever since Vivian had helped
Chapter 33: Something life threatening
“What kind of sounds?” Desmond asked quietly.The maid’s voice trembled. “Like…Like bones hitting metal.”“We rushed to the training room eventually,” she said. “But the door was locked from the inside. We kept knocking. He told us to leave.”Her eyes glistened faintly now. “But we didn’t. After some time, it became too quiet. That was when we forced it open.”Desmond’s jaw tightened.“When we entered…” she continued softly, “Mr. Stone was on the floor, bleeding. The equipment around him was damaged. The reinforced walls were cracked. There was blood on the impact panels.”Desmond slowly turned his head toward Asher whose face remained calm.“He had done it to himself,” the maid whispered. “He inflicted those wounds on himself.”“He told us not to inform you—”“I did it to punish myself,” Asher said, cutting her off but not harshly.Desmond just stared at him, trying to process the words.“That night,” Asher continued, “I spoke to you harshly. I was completely out of tone, yelling at
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