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."

with Colin and walked toward a quiet spot in the

Colin's hand, put it to his ear,

from the other end

coolly, "Who are

Antonio. As for who I am... you don't need to know about

o'clock tonight. Remember, only you can come. If I see another person with you, I promise that you will

they want to kill me, just let them. Don't come! They're vampires! And there are a

using me as bait to lure you

come-

her sentence. It

drastically. He called out in his deep

a chair, her mouth covered by Gianna. "Lass, you'd

for she had done

not taking the risk. He's now the president of Eurasia, after all. His life is much more