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

here and the gate will open up, leading you to the place where you can take the test. But that is all I know. I

for Janet’s hand and locked

gorgeous eyes gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet smiled and gently squeezed his hand, “Whenever you

inserted his ticket into

secret tunnel. The narrow staircase descended into the darkness,

followed Daran and inserted

they all passed

travel shoulder by shoulder. They could only walk as a line and held on to the

and rotten smell filled the

further they went, the more

seemed to never

stairs already-Janet was keeping counts-but still

were deep beneath the ground

Glen’s voice came from the

no one could answer

at this point, nobody-not

another 5 minutes of traveling in the darkness, they finally

the back of the bar and found a door next to the man’s room

standing outside of the door, like the one

subway.

“OK.”

look at

place where you can take the test.

hand

the darkness. Janet smiled and gently squeezed his hand,

his ticket into

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

they all passed

even wide enough for two people to travel shoulder by shoulder. They could only walk as a line and held

muggy and rotten

the more humid

the stairs seemed

of stairs already-Janet was

deep beneath the ground

further?” Glen’s voice came

no one could answer

this point, nobody-not even

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

rusty iron door stood in their

a small push and the door swung open, revealing a cell

there was already more than

the ground. And they all stared at them hostilely as

A group test?” Jared

room and walked to a man closest to

she said lightly. “Are you here

at

test is about? We

man still kept

Janet’s hand abruptly and brought

in a deep

too good…you don’t smell

sniffed and grinned,

you down alive…like a

her

force came behind her back and shoved that rogue

with his hand firmly clamped around

leave the ground, his legs kicking vainly