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."

he was considering whether to take my word for it

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

boy hesitated and seemed to want to say something

the patrolling guards from the other side of the wall. Flustered, the boy looked at us helplessly. "Can you at least block the wall

help. Very soon, the wall was restored to its

a sigh of relief. He looked around and

here.

five of us didn't say anything. We exchanged

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

Flora, on the other hand, couldn't keep it in

having living in a dirty place like this

place couldn't compare. It was on a league of its

didn't eat much

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