Crystal's POV:

After leaving the imperial palace, I went to the place where the group of merchants should have been stayed.

I searched the underground parking lot of the most expensive hotel in the imperial capital thrice, but couldn't spot the vehicle I'd seen in the surveillance video.

I took my phone out and opened the maps app. I retraced the route of the caravan and searched the road inch by inch.

Finally, in a forest near the suburb, I stumbled upon the remains of the car and saw the bloodstains that covered the ground. The surrounding area had been cordoned off, and soldiers were cleaning up the

scene.

I stopped a soldier and asked him about the situation.

At first, he was stunned. "Are you a family member? The dead bodies are not here anymore. They have been taken to the hospital morgue."

buzzing and I couldn't draw in a full breath. I stared at the dried blood on and around the car. It was not

My kids...

that thought. The soldier quickly

are hard-core criminals and possess guns. They have always been ruthless and merciless. They would murder people without hesitation to keep their mouths shut. Very few people have survived this incident. The dead bodies have been sent to the morgue, where their family members can

car?" I grabbed the soldier's arm with bloodshot eyes, very close to losing

"I... I didn't come across the corpse of any child while I was cleaning up the scene, but I don't know if anyone else had found a child before I arrived here. Maybe

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through the

while later, I spotted candy wrappers tied around several branches and bushes, as if they were used to

off one candy wrapper and studied it carefully. This candy was a specialty

was certain that they had been

make my way to the hospital morgue to check

soldier claimed that he hadn't seen any children's bodies,

kids on their smart watches,

broke. Because of the chill in the air, my phone's screen was now covered with a thin

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