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."

Colin and walked toward a quiet spot in

hand, put it to his ear, and

the other end

coolly, "Who are

man on the line chuckled again. "My name's Antonio. As for who I am... you

"All you need to know is that if you 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 with you, I promise that you will only see Ava's cold, dead body."

kill me, just let them. Don't come! They're vampires! And there are a lot of

using me as bait to lure you here, so

come-

was cut off before she could finish her sentence. It was unknown whether her mouth was gagged or she was

drastically. He called out in his deep

an old castle outside of Newcove, Ava could be seen tied to a chair, her mouth covered by Gianna. "Lass,

she had done what she

thing by not taking the risk. He's now the president of Eurasia, after all. His life is much more precious than mine. At