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."

walked toward a quiet spot in the

put it to his ear,

sounded from the other end of the line. "Nathan,

replied coolly, "Who are

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

want to see Ava alive, you will come over to the Black Swan Castle alone at twelve o'clock tonight. Remember, only you can come. If I see another person

Cross, don't come! It's a trap! If they want to kill me, just let them. Don't come! They're

using me as bait to lure you

come-

her sentence. It was unknown whether her mouth was gagged or

changed drastically. He called out

time, in an old castle outside of Newcove, Ava could be seen tied to a chair, her mouth covered by Gianna. "Lass, you'd better shut your mouth. Consider this your last

had done what she set out

even asked him not to come to rescue me. I'm sure he will do 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 as I can foil these vampires'