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

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

reached for Janet’s hand and locked fingers

the darkness. Janet smiled and gently squeezed

stepped up and inserted his ticket

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

inserted her

by one, they all

was pitch-black. And it was not even wide enough for two people to travel shoulder by shoulder.

muggy and rotten smell filled

went, the more humid

stairs seemed

stairs already-Janet was keeping counts-but

were deep beneath the ground

voice came from

no one could

nobody-not even Kass-knew what would

of traveling in the darkness, they finally reached

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

of the door, like the

subway.

“OK.”

at

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

Janet’s hand and

ready?” he asked, his gorgeous eyes gleaming brightly in the darkness. Janet

stepped up and inserted his ticket into the

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

by one, they all

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

and rotten smell filled

the more

seemed to never

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

deep beneath the

voice

one

nobody-not even Kass-knew

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

rusty iron door

door swung open,

more

wall or crouched on the ground. And they all stared at them hostilely as they

is this? A group test?” Jared

looked around the room and walked to

“Are you here to take

stared at her

the test is about? We might be able

kept

he grabbed Janet’s hand abruptly and brought her

in a deep

don’t smell

sniffed and grinned, flashing his yellow

can just gobble you down alive…like

her teeth in

before she could snatch her hand back, a great force came behind her

hand firmly clamped around

forced to leave the ground, his legs kicking vainly in