Kidnapped and Rejected – The Return of Alpha’s Luna by Moon Claw

Chapter 102

The others were all astonished by Daran’s proposal.

“Test? What test?” Jared asked with a frown.

“Janet heard this from Angelina and then she told me. Apparently, there is a certain test that we can take to become verified rogues. And then we will have access to the Grace Ruin.”

Daran looked to Kass for verification, “Is that true?”

Kass was reluctant, “It is true. But I don’t know the details of that test. It could be extremely dangerous. Plus, are you really willing to go that far? Once we are in the Rogue King’s imperial city…there is no turning back.”

“We don’t need to turn back.” Daran said deeply, “This war won’t end unless we kill the Rogue King. And the only way to do that is to face him directly. If some of you are having second thought and want to withdrawal back to Crimson Fortress, now is probably a good time.”

Kass’s jaw clenched. He looked irritated.

“I will go wherever Gamma Janet goes,” he said decisively.

“And so do we,” Jared nodded. “So where can we take this test? Any clues?”

“There is a certain place that we can sign up for the test. Finish your meal and we will go there immediately,” Kass said.

They gobbled down their meals and left the restaurant.

The place that Kass brought them to turned out to be a dive bar hidden in a dingy alleyway.

The doorbell made a jingling noise when Daran pushed the door open. Everyone inside turned their heads to look at them.

The dimly lit interior was stacked with warn leather stools and cracked vinyl booths. The air was thick with the acrid smell of beer and decades of cigarette smoke.

Customers hidden in the shadows of the booths eyed the newcomers as they made their ways to the bar.

Hunched over the oily bar was an old man with messy hair and lumpy skin.

He looked up briefly at them and huffed, “What?”

Kass slid a 50-dollar bill across the table, “5 Whiskey Ruined on ice.”

The old bartender narrowed his eyes, “5? For all of you?”

“Is that not allowed?” Jared asked.

The bartender snorted, “We just haven’t had a group in a long time. And just so you know, that drink is damn strong. It will fucking kill you.”

“I know. And we can take it.”

The bartender dumped the piece of rag that he was wiping those glasses with and lurched to the back.

“What is a Whiskey Ruined?” Janet whispered.

“It is how you ask for the ticket for the test. You will see.”

Moments later, the bartender returned with 5 glasses of whiskey and 5 tickets. “Finish your drink,” he mumbled. “The entrance is in the back, next to the man’s room.”

They exchanged a brief look, and each took a glass of wine and a ticket.

Janet drank her wine in one draught. The whiskey burned all the way down to her chest. She suddenly felt reenergized.

After they all finished their drinks, they went to the back of the bar and found a door next to the man’s room just like the bartender had said.

There was a ticket gate standing outside of the door, like the one that they had in the

subway.

“OK.”

turned to look at the rest of

insert your ticket here and the gate will open up, leading you to the place where you can take the test.

Janet’s hand and locked fingers

eyes gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet smiled and

stepped up and inserted his

opened up, revealing a secret tunnel. The narrow staircase descended into the darkness,

inserted her ticket as

they

shoulder. They could only walk as a line and held on to the moss-covered wall as they traveled

muggy and rotten smell filled the

further they went, the

the stairs seemed to

stairs

deep beneath the

further?” Glen’s voice

no one could

this point, nobody-not

the darkness, they

of the bar and found a

outside of the door, like the one that they

subway.

“OK.”

to look at

are supposed to insert your ticket here and the gate will open up, leading you to the place where you can take the

Janet’s hand and locked

eyes gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet

up and inserted his ticket

opened up, revealing a secret tunnel. The narrow staircase descended into the darkness, leading

one, they all passed the

pitch-black. And it was not even wide enough for two people to travel shoulder by shoulder. They could only walk as a line and held on to the

rotten smell filled the

the more humid it

the stairs seemed

stairs already-Janet was keeping counts-but still hadn’t reached the

deep beneath the ground

further?” Glen’s voice came

one could

point, nobody-not

another 5 minutes of traveling in the darkness, they finally reached to

door stood in

small push and the door swung open, revealing a cell with the size of a

there was already more than a dozen of people inside

the ground. And they all stared at them hostilely as they walked

is this? A group test?”

the room and walked to a man closest

“Are you here to take the test as

stared at

is about? We might be able to work together,” Janet

man still kept his

next second, he grabbed Janet’s hand abruptly

nose, taking in

good…you don’t smell like a

sniffed and grinned, flashing his yellow

can just gobble you

her teeth

before she could snatch her hand back, a great force came behind her back and shoved that rogue against

stood with his hand firmly clamped around the

leave the ground,