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.”

look at

supposed to insert your ticket 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 have no idea

Janet’s hand and

gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet smiled and gently squeezed his

his ticket into

secret

Daran and inserted her ticket as

by one, they

wide enough for two people to travel shoulder by shoulder. They could only walk as a line and held on to the moss-covered wall

muggy and rotten smell filled the

went, the

the stairs seemed

must had walked down 10 flights of stairs already-Janet was keeping counts-but still

beneath the

much further?” Glen’s voice came from the

one

this point, nobody-not even Kass-knew what

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

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

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

subway.

“OK.”

look at

now you are supposed to insert your ticket here and the gate will open up, leading you to the place where you can take the test. But that is

Janet’s hand

the darkness. Janet

stepped up and inserted his ticket into the

The narrow staircase descended into the darkness,

by one, they all passed

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

and rotten smell filled

went, the more humid it

the stairs seemed to

must had walked down 10 flights of stairs already-Janet was keeping counts-but still hadn’t reached the

were deep beneath the

voice

no one

nobody-not even Kass-knew what

the darkness,

rusty iron door stood in

door swung open, revealing a cell with

to find that there was already more than a

or crouched on the ground. And they all stared

this? A group test?”

the room and walked to a man closest to

you here to take the

stared at her in

is about? We might be able

man still kept his

he grabbed Janet’s hand abruptly and brought her wrist

nose, taking in

too good…you don’t

rogue sniffed and grinned, flashing his

you down alive…like

gritted her

hand back, a great force came behind her back and

hand firmly clamped around the rogue’s

the ground, his