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.”

to look at the rest

up, leading you to the place where you can take the test. But that is

reached for Janet’s hand and locked fingers

gorgeous eyes gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet smiled and

his ticket into the ticket

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

followed Daran and inserted her ticket

one, they all passed the

shoulder by shoulder. They could only walk

muggy and rotten

the more

stairs seemed

had walked down 10 flights of stairs already-Janet was

deep beneath the ground

further?” Glen’s voice came from

no one

nobody-not even Kass-knew

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

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

the door, like the one

subway.

“OK.”

look at the rest of

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

reached for Janet’s hand and locked fingers

you ready?” he asked, his gorgeous eyes gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet smiled and gently squeezed his hand,

up and inserted his ticket into the

secret tunnel. The narrow staircase descended into the

one, they all

was 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

muggy and rotten

went, the more

seemed to

flights of stairs already-Janet was keeping counts-but still hadn’t

deep beneath the ground

much further?” Glen’s voice came from the

no one could answer

point, nobody-not

in the darkness, they finally reached to

door stood

swung

more than a dozen of people inside of the

leaning against the wall or crouched on the ground. And they all stared at

A group test?” Jared

and walked to a man closest

here to take the

man stared at her in

you know what the test is about? We might be

still kept his mouth

the next second, he grabbed Janet’s hand abruptly and

taking in a

too good…you don’t smell like

rogue sniffed and grinned, flashing

you down alive…like

gritted her teeth

a great force came behind her

hand firmly

feet were forced to leave the ground, his legs kicking vainly in