Sylvia's POV:

The boy yelped in pain, but he did not give in. He struggled madly to pull away.

But I gripped his hair tightly and followed him into the hole in the wall. The others also followed suit.

When we all made it on the other side, the five of us easily subdued the boy.

The boy only came up to my shoulders. He gnashed his teeth and looked at me defiantly, like a wild cat. He was very fierce. "What do you want?"

"We should be asking you the same question! What do you want, kid?" Flora demanded with her hands planted firmly on her hips. She almost looked imposing.

The boy pursed his lips stubbornly, refusing to answer her question.

After thinking for a while, I loosened my grip on his clothes. "Don't worry. We don't work for Geoffrey. We're not here for you."

eyes, as if he was considering

you really think you'd be standing here safe and sound?" I pointed out softly, trying to

to say something but

you at least block the

I also squatted down to help. Very

He looked

here. Come

of us didn't say anything. We exchanged

us through narrow, dirty alleys. The place reeked of rotten food,

Flora, on the other hand, couldn't keep

it, despite having living in a dirty place like this one when I

compare. It was on

didn't

walked very fast and didn't wait for us, even when Flora was retching all over the place.

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