“Is that you?” She asked from the headquarters, with hope filling her mind. But there was no answer she could hear. So she looked at the men who got out of the cars. They walked fast, and one of them made eye contact with her. The relief she felt washed away when she saw the fox-headed snake on that person’s wrist. Wide-eyed with terror, all she could was watching some of them walking away, searching for Hayden and Avelyn. The rest stood in front of her and her team members. “If you want to live, drop your weapons and surrender.” The rough voice demanded of them. The female bodyguard and her team members shared a brief look. They knew they would get to live, and they also knew that they would not live long in the enemy’s hands. It was then or later. They were going to die anyway. The girl

