"What did you say?" Stella asked.
"Everybody calm down. Cole isn't here, and he isn't where he said he would be. It's either he has skipped town, having been fed up by his family's attitude towards him, or he has been detained by a family member or the family as a whole itself," Gabe said.
"No! Do not go around slandering the name of the Almer household."
"Do you know the implications of what you're saying?" Stella said.
"Forget implications now, I stating the facts. No one would have known Cole was around except for his family, who I know should be keeping a close watch on him. Based on everything Cole has told me, he hasn't made any public appearances right from time due to how he is status as a bastard. They have a responsibility to take care of the grandchild of Osbert Almer, but the disgrace that the daughter has brought upon them in the form of a child named Cole can never be known. Do you still harbor doubt about your family's involvement or do you know what is going on, but choose to stay silent? At least this way, the dirt you created would finally be wiped clean," Gabe said.
This time, Stella could not bear Gabe's sharp tongue again and her aura leaked out, putting everyone in the room under pressure but who were these people? They were ex specimens and not even the aura of a saint realm being could put them under pressure. If you wanted to suppress them, then you had to use your power to do so. Willow was the only one who was finding it difficult to breathe.
The others were ready for any funny movements from Stella. Gabe looked at Stella and smiled.
"Liars tend to resort to violence when they can no longer hide the truth."
One would think that on hearing this statement, Stella would lose it, but the opposite happened as she drew her aura back in.
"So what now, what are you going to do?" Gabe asked
Stella just looked at him before taking out her phone and dialing a number.
'Good afternoon ma'am,' a voice greeted from the phone.
"Get the whole team ready, I want you to find my son. Both the technical unit and ground unit should be fully involved in this search. I need results within twenty-four hours," Stella ordered.
'Understood, anything else ma'am?' the voice asked
Stella looked at Cole again before replying.
"Narrow the search to properties owned by the Almer household and the major paths that lead to them."
The person on the other side of the phone was quite shocked as this was basically Stella telling them to investigate her family.
'Understood ma, anything else again?'
"No, that will be all," Stella said, before ending the call.
After the call ended, Rose, Willow, Abel, and Jack all stood up and left the sitting room as there was nothing else to discuss. Gabe remained there.
"I think I can narrow the search down for you even more," Gabe said.
"And how can you do that?" Stella asked.
"Before Cole left, I gave him a device which I could use to track him down in case anything goes wrong, which it has," Gabe replied.
"You know, I'm starting to question the sort of relationship you and Cole have."
"Are you really his friend?" Stella asked.
'She is smart. Mother's intuition maybe. It's best to keep pride aside and just do what the current circumstances demand. I was thinking of maybe selling the Intel of Cole's whereabouts to her but I can't let greed control me can I? No, I have to control my greed, besides, being in her favor will go a long way,' Gabe thought.
"Yes, I am his friend, if not why would I offer to help," Gabe said.
"Ok, so where is my son?" Stella asked.
"Let's see," Gabe said.
He then pulled out a device that was in the form of a bracelet and a watch. This device was the one the specimens in the facility used to inject themselves with the Geno serum. Gabe had reconfigured the watch, turning it into a smartwatch. Though the original use of the watch was still there, it had other cool functions.
Gabe then took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it.
"These are the coordinates that my device calculated based on the current ping. Thankfully the device I gave to Cole is still on, but the real question is if the device is still with Cole, or close to him, or it was thrown somewhere else. From what I'm seeing he should still be in Ferrum," Gabe said.
The world had three large continents almost equal in size. Ferrum, Silva, and Terra. Ferrum had the highest population of humans. Silva had the highest population of elves. Terra was a continent filled with all sorts of demon beasts, both intelligent and non-intelligent.
There were many other races in the world but they were all spread out almost equally around the world.
Ring!!
'What can we do for you, ma'am?'
The voice that asked this question was the same one that had answered Stella's call some minutes ago.
"I am sending you some coordinates that will narrow our search. Tell me where they are pointing to" Stella ordered.
'Yes ma'am.'
A few seconds later, the voice spoke.
'We got a hit ma, the coordinates pointed to the Green casino. After more investigations, we have reason to believe that Cole is been held captive there.'
"What is the Green Casino?" Gabe asked.
"It is one of the properties of my family. It is a casino run by my younger brother, Gordon, the third child of my father and mother," Stella said.
'Gordon? Isn't that the uncle who wants Cole dead? Hmmm,' Gabe thought.
"The way you refer to him is as if you both have a strong beef between each other," Gabe said.
"Oh! You don't say," Stella said
"A completely random question, just how old are you Stella," Gabe asked.
"Even your great grandma would call me senior, and you call me by my name? I am proudly two centuries and five decades old.