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Chapter 20
Ambrose and Gavril stared at one another in silence as the King processed the information he has been given. Yesterday she woke up an only child, now she had two brothers?
"You're lying. Saoirse would have told me if our son was still alive.""She would have if she had been made aware. Marius ordered me to take him to one of the witch hunters who would dispose of him. Instead, I hid him somewhere he wouldn't be found. My promise to protect your children wasn't just for the twins.""Alexander, come in here, now," Gavril bellowed towards the kitchen. "I want you to tell me if he is lying. Go ahead, tell him what you told us.""Their firstborn child is still alive."The teacher's eyes doubled in size as he listened to the words. Looking back and forth between the two of them. He wasn't lying, she could tell."Not a lie. You mean he has been a
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"Sir, I can assure you my behavior is the stress getting to me today. I am more than capable of doing this job. This won't happen again.""That is not a decision for you to make."A bright white light appeared between the two, cutting off the discussion. A seemingly young woman with pure white hair became visible as the light dimmed around her. Slight hint of annoyance in her eyes.Everyone in the room except Saber and the man he believe to be his father bowed. He may have been imagining things, but for a brief moment, he thought he caught anger in her eyes when she realized the two of them didn't bow."Why are you here, Gavril? I told you to wait until the ceremony tonight to speak to the children."The woman glanced at Saber. Must be talking about the party. Didn't remember them saying anything about any ceremony though."Clearly I am getting updates faster than you are. Genevieve was kidnapped. We believe Marius is
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Genevieve's POVThe last thing Genevieve remembered was being loaded up into an ambulance. Between hitting her head in the car crash and going through a table, she was surprised she had stayed awake as long as she did.The room was quiet except for the beeping of the heart monitor. Her head was throbbing and moving any part of her bodyfeltlike a bad decision. The light stung her eyes as she attempted to open them."Gen, honey, don't try to sit up.""Dad?""Yeah. Mom ran out to grab us something to eat. You passed out on the way to the hospital. Had to take you back to surgery because they couldn't stop the bleeding. Lost a lot of blood but the doctors made sure you were all stitched up. More worried about the blow you took to the head.""Everything hurts. What time is
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Saber's POVAfter driving for almost an hour, they finally pull into the parking garage of a small office building. A little underwhelming. Although Saber was aware the Constellation was both secret and underground, part of him expected something a bit more interesting."This is one of several entrances. The New York base spreads underneath most of the state as well as part of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Try not to draw too much attention to any of them."Gavril made no attempt to leave the vehicle as the security guards got out."Anytime higher-up personnel enter or exit a checkpoint, security does a sweep of the area. Making sure they weren't followed or someone isn't waiting for them when they return. We wait until they give the all-clear before heading in.""Makes sense."One of the guards waved to the driver to let them out.The inside of the building was less remarkable than the outside. Everyone was dresse
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Gavril motioned to the guards, and they pushed open the enormous set of ornately carved wooden doors. Beyond the threshold was a beautiful, lush forest. Sun shone down through the trees, birds were chirping, and a breeze blew into the room a faint floral scent he didn't recognize.Never in his life had he been proven so wrong so quickly."Yeah, I think we fixed your nature dilemma."Saber nodded, following them out of the white room towards a horse-drawn carriage. His attention is stolen by everything as he struggled to comprehend how everything was real, and he hadn't fallen asleep."Saber, over here." Gavril waved from behind him. Distracted so easily by his new surroundings, he hadn't realized he walked right past the carriage."You will have the rest of your life to wander in these woods. Right now, we have an important meeting to call. Remember?""Right, sorry. I
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Ambrose's POVAmbrose had no idea what would be waiting for him as he pulled up to the compound. Sure his family wouldn't harm him, but he was unable to say the same about Marius. Unsure if his siblings would be around to stop the man if he did try something.Walking in, the house was eerily quiet. Wasn't even noon yet, more activity should be going on around the place. Figuring out some kind of lie to explain why he was here, he found his way to Marius's office. Slightly surprised, when he knocked on the door and the man answered."What are you doing here? You are to be finding out what the girl has learned this weekend.""She was in an accident this morning, and they took her to the hospital. Probably staying overnight. Where is everyone?""The Collective wanted to borrow some people for a rather large nest they found. Therefore, half of them are off training with whoever needed the help. The rest are either out on assignments
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