Chapter 384: Another Extraction III

"Where is everyone?" Sandro whispered, looking around the space they were currently in. Having passed two corridors with no one to fire a silencer gun at, things were beginning to look suspicious.

For one, Athena was beginning to think that Spider had perhaps gotten tired of being loyal to Ewan—that perhaps he had sold them to the gang. Worse, he hadn’t dropped any message in their buds since detonating that bomb in the plane.

She looked at Ewan, seeing the apprehension in his face—something she thought was an alien quality, because her ex-husband was rarely flustered, always calm.

"Do you think we have fallen into a trap?" she asked him, nudging him with her shoulder gently.

He licked his lower lip, darted his eyes to the center block, which was right opposite them—no guards guarding it, as Spider had warned.

"I don’t know. I don’t think Spider would have led us to a trap. So, it’s either this is luck, or he is being kept out of the loop, being suspected by Kael."

Zane and Sandro exchanged glances tainted with fear.

"Who is Kael?" Athena and Aiden asked at the same time, worry burning on their faces, worry born from the expressions on Sandro and Zane’s faces, and from Ewan’s flusteredness.

"Kael is the new leader of the gang," Ewan replied, inhaling deeply. "Let’s move forward. If it’s a trap, we buckle down and fight to the end, knowing we are fighting for a good cause, for the future of our children at large... and if it’s not, then fate is more than on our side. We don’t have much time to contemplate or wonder."

But as Ewan moved toward the center block, eyes darting here and there, he really did wonder. Had Spider’s loyalties run their course? Or was his friend playing another game? Or was Kael playing them like pawns in a chess game?

His successor was known for his sly and cunning tactics in business. Ewan’s brain calculated, amidst the slight headache now throbbing in his head, the possibilities, the realities, the escape routes, as he remembered from his time here.

When they reached the door of the room where the victims were, their woes were compounded by the fact that the door was open.

"Ewan..."

see if they are there..." Ewan cut in, interrupting whatever fear-themed suggestion

forehead, gun hanging loosely by his side when

position. He was leaning on the wall with

placed a finger on his lips,

with tears of gratitude, as he tapped Kendra

room, she turned. Her mouth opened when she saw

Keep quiet.

understood and did.

a smile on his lips, momentarily forgetting his worries when she wound her hand around his neck, her legs around his

legs couldn’t do much, he was pleased she understood what they

Zane had lifted Lucas, bearing much of his weight. Then

the cameras which weren’t blinking. Spider had done what he said he would do—but where were the

anything in

was coming around,

they came out. Because they wore masks, they had no fear that any camera had captured their faces,

got to the agents waiting at the vegetation. The other three agents had joined them when they came out of the gates, having the same reports—no one

Ewan agreed, restless. Where was

words, they moved to the private jet, which was waiting a few

effort, they lifted Lucas into the plane

Athena started treatments on the latter,

will let you be," Athena spoke

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