Chapter Eight

Sounds of footsteps were heard in the forest, a man was seen running with a woman on her back. They continued running for some time before the man suddenly stopped. 

"They've already caught up with us," He said as he smiled wryly. The lady was horrified immediately she heard that, her heart started to beat very fast. 

"Don't be afraid, they can't do anything to me" The man said when he noticed that the lady's heartbeat had risen

"Opal" He called out. Suddenly, it looked as if his shadow wriggled to life as a shadow being crawled out from it. He dropped the lady 

"Protect her," He said. 

"Yes liege," the shadow soldier said. He swiped his arm and a sword appeared on his hand. 

"Let's do this" He said and not long after they were surrounded. 

"The seven emissaries of the devil," He said. 

"Who are you" The emissary of pride who was the leader of the emissaries moved forward and asked. 

"Just a nobody that can thrash your boss, the devil himself" He answered. 

"That's too big to be coming out from your mouth," One of the emissaries said. 

"Let's get to the point, what do you want" The man asked. 

"You should know what we want, just hand her over to us and maybe we might spare your life," The emissary of pride said. 

"Or I should be sparing your lives, leave now and I will spare you or I will give your boss a nice gift," The man said. 

"Since you chose to leave a toast for forfeit, then you will die," The emissary of pride said. He and the other emissaries disappeared from where they were.

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Elizabeth is the daughter of one of the few five-star generals of the US Army. Her father is a soldier who has delved into politics. She also dedicated her time in the army and is already a brigadier general on the verge of becoming a major general. She was sent to the US SWAT to serve there for a year as a deputy chief, the main reason she was there was to solve the issue of the illegal casinos that were now opening in clubs and hotels in the city. The case was linked to an important case that happened fifteen years ago and also to her promotion. 

She has already started to investigate the case and a week later, the case led her to the outer region of the US. She came out for an investigation, she was trying to look for clues when she heard the scream of a lady. She saw three guys running, so she chased them thinking that they would also be part of the clues. She chased them into an alleyway where she saw that only one of them was remaining and the last one was standing up to pick up the stolen bag. She speculated that the man dropped the bag accidentally, and she pointed her gun at him. 

"Hands up," She told the guy. The guy paused for a moment and his body shook a little before he raised his hands and slowly stood up. 

"Turn around" She commanded. The guy turned around and what she saw was a very handsome guy, even she was mesmerized a little. She had already dealt with different types of people but this guy's handsomeness was on an entirely different level. 

Lucas looked at the lady who pointed a gun at him shocked, 

 Mom" he said as the picture of a lady that she will never forget appeared in his mind. 

"Drop the bag" the lady's voice jolted him awake from his stupor. 

"I am not part of them, I only chased after them and collected the bag from them," He told her

"Hmm," She was confused. He tried to bring out his ID card from his pocket but 

"I will shoot you if you try anything," The lady told him while cocking her gun. He raised his hands, 

"I want to show you my ID card" He answered 

"I don't have any harmful weapon," He said in an attempt to convince her. 

"Put your hands on your head," She said. 

"I" he wanted to talk but saw her cocking the gun for the second time so he put his hands on his head. 

"Kneel," she said with a cold voice that was radiating a murderous intent. He knelt with his hands on his head. She walked towards him and handcuffed him while she bent down and searched his pocket. She took out the ID card and looked at it. 

"Oh!! you are a member of the Johnson family," She said surprised. 

"See I told you that I was just chasing them, I'm not part of them," He said. She looked at him suspiciously for some time before she unlocked the handcuff. He stood up and dusted his knees. 

"I'm sorry," She said with a frustrated voice. Mark looked at the lady in front of him, 

"How can she be like mother" He thought while frowning his face. 

"I'm sorry," She said when she saw him frowning his face thinking that he was angry. 

"No problem, I was just thinking about something," He said. 

"Sorry excuse me," She said as she ran in the direction the guy ran. He did not know how but the urge to follow her bloomed in his mind. He could not resist the urge so he followed her, they continued running till she got to the middle of the forest. She was now at a dead end because there was no way for her to follow again. He continued to watch her from a far distance. 

"Hmm," he frowned his face. 

Just as Elizabeth wanted to turn back, she felt something. Following her instinct, she jumped back but she felt something slammed into her hand and her gun fell from her hand. 

"Setup" Was the first thing that came to her mind. She had fallen into the enemy trap. She was surrounded by seven strong men but she did not panic. They were all armed with knives. A conclusion came to her mind, they were here to adopt her because if they wanted to kill her they would have just used a a gun. Her father's enemy. 

"This is going to be a hassle," She thought because her wrist was also sprained from the stick that was slammed into her hand. The only option is to look for a way to run away.