Salute To The General

Nathan asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Colin covered the phone with his hand and whispered, "The Peacekeeping Forces sent a message earlier saying that they were ambushed when they were escorting Ava back. The team that was with her is all dead, and she's gone missing." Nathan's expression darkened at the news.

Colin continued, "I was just trying to find out who did this when the culprit called me."

Hearing that, Nathan's gaze fell on the phone in Colin's hand.

Colin added, "That's right. The culprit's on the line right now. He's saying that Ava's still alive, and that he wants to talk to you." Nathan frowned.

Standing aside, Mueller watched how Colin kept whispering to Nathan, and how the latter's face was darkening by the second.

Worried, he asked, "Mr. Cross, is there something wrong?"

Nathan shook his head. "No. Please excuse me for a moment."

and walked toward

then took the phone from Colin's hand, put it to his ear, and

other end of the line. "Nathan,

coolly, "Who

man on the line chuckled again. "My name's Antonio. As for

alone at twelve o'clock tonight. Remember, only you can come. If I see another person with you, I promise that you will only see Ava's cold, dead body." Nathan was about to reply when he heard muffled cries from

to kill me, just let them. Don't come! They're vampires!

bait to lure you here, so please

come-

sentence. It was unknown whether her

drastically. He called out

to a chair, her mouth covered by Gianna. "Lass, you'd better shut your mouth.

done

the right thing by not taking the risk. He's now the president of Eurasia, after all. His life is much more precious than mine. At the moment, Ava felt content. As long