They were the only ones that had made it back, after the deadly battle.
"You all did a very good job." The man chuckled darkly, as he slowly surveyed their expressions. "You may all go back and continue with your training," he dismissed, and they all nodded quickly then rushed out of the room.
Turning to the masked man who was standing behind him, he said, "Where is the girl?"
"She's in the room, upstairs." The masked man replied respectfully then watched as his boss slowly stood up.
"You all did a great job today, I'm sure boss is going to be pleased. Hehehe, " the man muttered with a chuckle, after standing up from the chair, then started walking out of the room.
"Yes." The other man nodded respectfully and quickly followed behind him out of the room, also feeling happy.
As the right-hand man to their boss who they had never seen before, they directly took orders from him and it is a fortunate thing that he had come up with this plan.
They walked up the winding stairs of the large building, then stopped after a while in front of a door after passing by the many doors in the hallway.
The masked man quickly retrieved the key from his pants pockets and after unlocking the door, pushed it open and quickly stepped aside, watching the man walked inside before he followed behind him after closing the door again.
They walked inside the room and their eyes landed on the girl who was calmly sitting in a corner while staring down at a small paper that was in her hand.
"Hehe, beauty... I can't believe you're finally in our hands. This is just like a dream come true." The first man chuckled and sauntered forward while the other man stood respectfully at the door. After so many times of trying to capture her, he had never anticipated that today's plan would actually work.
Because, they had also used this kind of plan several weeks ago, by distracting her private guards, but the men he had sent to capture her, were suddenly beat off by some weird guy, who was probably hungry for a fight at that time and had luckily bumped into them.
Sniffing softly Clara glanced up from the photo in her hands, then stared at them blankly. "What do you want?" She muttered calmly then slowly turned back to the photo again.
"Hehehe." The man chuckled again. By then, he had already reached her side and he slowly sat down on the bed. "Your man... We just need you to cooperate and you may leave here unscathed," he muttered with a glint in his eyes, as his gaze was fixed on her flawless face.
Hearing his words, Clara's grip tightened on the photo and she ignored the man. Then gasped as he suddenly snatched the photo from her hands.
"Tsk tsk tsk... I can't believe you've been staring at your own photo for some time now... Thought it is something valuable." He shook his head then stood up with a chuckle.
"Be good and don't even try to act crazy, because there's no way you can ever escape from this place. When the boss arrives, he'll know what to do with you," he commanded with his gaze still fixed on her face, then tossed the photo toward her and started walking out of the room.
"Did you remove all of them?" He asked coldly while walking past the man who had opened the door for him again.
"Yes, we've removed them all, there's none left in her." The masked man quickly nodded as they left the room.
Clara's gaze lingered on the closed door for some time, and she sighed heavily then bit her lips and slowly picked up the photo from the floor where it had landed on.
She glanced out at the sky which had turned dark, through the small window and sighed again then turned her attention to the photo as she sniffed softly.
Her thoughts wandered to her parents and more tears gushed down her face while she blinked rapidly.
"Mum... Dad..." She sobbed silently and after some seconds, shut her eyes tightly.
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__ The Next Morning __
In another part of city M, slight sobbing could be heard from the bedroom ahead and Jack sighed heavily then slowly while walking toward it, then he turned the doorknob and slowly pushed the door open.
Walking inside, his gaze landed on the girl who was staring down at her phone with a tear-streaked face and he sighed again, then walked toward the bed where she was sitting on.
"Jack," Lily sobbed as she looked up at the guy who had sat down beside her. "Jack, I can't reach Big Sis... Her phone is still switched off."
"It's okay, don't cry." Jack wrapped his arms around her and sighed heavily as the girl had told him that her sister was taken away by some unknown people. However, he knew well who those people could be.
This is what he had been afraid of. Ever since he found out that they were dating. He knew this would eventually occur one day. "Don't worry, she'll soon be found," he muttered softly while patting her back slowly and Lily nodded quickly as she hugged him back.
Also trying to convince herself of the same words. She was sure brother-in-law would not allow anything to happen to her sister. However__ her sobs intensified as her thoughts wandered to her parent.
"Lily?" Jack's eyes widened as he felt the girl tightened her hug on him while her cries filled the whole room.
"Jack, what do I do... I'm so useless, It's all my fault." Lily sobbed loudly as she thought back to what that guy named Matt had told her. She could have just taken her sister away or even inform her father about it, then all of these wouldn't have happened. She doesn't want to imagine how her father would react when he finds out. "I'm supposed to protect her Jack, I'm very useless... Dad is going to be so mad at me."