❦ℂ𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 - ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕩 𝕋ℙℕ❦

«57 - Peter Ratri»

A/N: How does it feel to know that there is a mere three chapter until the end of Book 1? Hope you'll enjoy the ending since I've been looking forward to it for so long!! Okay, enjoy this chapter, readers!!

We approach the door leading to the drawing room.

Peter Ratri is much too smart to be caught so easily like this. He made a miscalculation, but their clan should be trained to overcome such a situation.

I bust the door open while Emma and Ray aim their guns at the door.

"What?" Ray mumbles.

The room is empty. Guess I was right...

Why did I have to be right...?

"No one's here. It's likely a trap." I scoff.

We enter further into the room, weapons ready for anything.

"Vincent. Vincent, are you there?" Norman asks through the headset.

"𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕."

Crap! That's Peter Ratri's voice. So that's where he is. Vincent is likely alive seeing as it's intended that we'll be fed to the demons. If they kill us here, they can't preform the Gupna ceremony.

As the voice speaks out, several adult men with guns walk into the room, aiming at us. If we move, they'll shoot.

"𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙻𝙰𝙼𝙱𝙳𝙰. 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙵𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖... 𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚔𝚎. 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞." Peter mocks our plan.

"Where are Vincent and the others?" Norman's demands through gritted teeth.

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎." He announces.

I was right. Peter is using them as hostages. A new 'method' to enforce us to submit to his rule. It... It won't work!

"𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜."

Five? So that's the situation. I chuckle, internally.

As I look to Norman, Emma and Ray, I see that they've realised it too.

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚊𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚜, 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗."