Deceptive Confrontation (1)

"Dracula has been kidnapped, I see- Wait, what?" Ashton exclaimed. "You're kidding. He was kidnapped? By whom?"

Ashton was hoping the seriousness on Lycaon's and Frank's faces would slip away, but he was wrong. They weren't lying.

"How did it happen?" Anna inquired, wanting to know how someone at the peak of an A-grade was kidnapped.

"We suspect the Xyrans are behind this," Lycaon stated angrily. "They've been trying for a while now to get their hands on us, and it appears they've finally made their move."

"They also took Irina and Verina," Frankenstein explained, his face bleak. "They must have viewed them as a means of forcing Dracula to cooperate."

Ashton's mind raced, trying to process the information. Irina and Verina were his ex-fiancées, and even if he wasn't interested in them in that way, they were still his friends.

Ashton's fists clenched, rage pouring through him. "These Xyrans. Always getting in our way!"