fynovel Chapter 1083: The President’s Daughter (9)
Chapter 1083: The President’s Daughter (9)
Chapter 1083: The President’s Daughter (9)
"Master, we have a situation," the Chimaeric Demon driver said. Erik noticed a slight tint of apprehension in his clone's voice. It was clear something worrying was happening. "We've just received word that the blackguards are moving."
Erik cursed under his breath.
"Moving? Why?"
"We don't know it yet, master, but they are creating blockades on all the streets, and a lot of patrolling flying cars belonging to them have been seen flying over Sleb Harbour."
"FUCK!"
Mia Turke, the president's daughter, was still waking up from the anesthetic. She could hear people talking around her, but her mind was still foggy.
She heard what Erik Romano and his driver said. Yet, despite the serious situation, they didn't seem worried. This confused her.
Mia looked at Erik through half-open eyes. He seemed calm, with only a hint of frustration on his face.
This surprised her, given how dangerous their situation was. The blackguards, the most powerful organization in the world, the strongest people in the world, were closing in on them, but Erik acted like it wasn't a big deal.
The blackguards were very powerful, but Erik seemed unbothered, to the point of making the woman think he was very foolish, extremely confident, or, of course, just crazy.
What Mia didn't know was that Erik's calm appearance hid his racing thoughts. He wasn't worried about fighting the blackguards. Their military prowess was the last of his problems. Instead, he was worried they might know about his kidnapping.
Erik knew that if the blackguards had found out about the kidnapping, it could ruin everything he had planned.
"Deploy our reserves, and make all those at the airport leave right now," Erik said. "I want you to find out why the blackguards are moving. Be prepared for a fight."
"Yes, master."
The Chimaeric Demon started reaching his brothers. However, he closed the window that separated the driving seat from the passenger ones so that Mia wouldn't be able to listen.
As the internal window closed, Erik leaned back, his eyes closed.
Erik suddenly realized something.
The blackguards were not stupid, and everything they did couldn't be just random.
He thought about it more: they knew he was in Hin, that was for sure. After months of them knowing he reached their shores, it was clear the most likely place for him to be was their capital city.
There was just a problem. If the blackguards were really getting ready for something, it might mean that Mia's travels to different countries were just a trick.
It could have been a trap, planned to make him come out of hiding. This made Erik feel both impressed by their cleverness and angry that he might have fallen for it.
Erik knew Salena sent her daughter, Mia, to Khunelerp. They went there to ask for help in the war against Frant; it was obvious thinking about it.
The point was that Salena appeared slightly worried in her daughter's memories, a little
reluctant.
for Hin.
Though Mia was slightly confused by Erik's question since he asked what they discussed that day, just after he asked when it was the last time she spoke to her mother. It was almost like
he could read her mind.
"Where was she when you last saw her?"
The woman's eyes widened, a flicker of defiance struggling to surface through the haze of
drugs.
"I... I won't tell you anything," she said, her words slurred. Erik didn't reply, as he didn't need her to talk, only to think, something impossible not to do.
He could see the answers flickering through her mind, the images and memories rising unbidden to the surface.
He saw flashes of conversations, meetings, and phone calls. All happening in one place, a sprawling estate, hidden away in the mountains, heavily guarded and fiercely protected.
President Salena Turke, the woman who held the key to everything. The key to get control over Hin.
She was there, in that mountain stronghold. But Mia didn't know why, nor when she went
there.
Mia didn't know if her mother left, but she knew her mother had been put under heavy protection lately and often moved from place to place.
In Erik's opinion, it could be possible that she left already, that she was in a bunker underground, that even the Chimaeric Demons might not be able to find.
Erik leaned back, not knowing if he had to laugh or not.
He had no answer to that, but it was the only lead they had to find the woman. He had what he needed. The rest was just a matter of time.
But then a tremendous rumble echoed around, and then an explosion caught the flying car.