Beast Tamer's Rebirth National Treasure Edition novel Chapter 235

Chapter 235 Chance For Revenge

A month went by, and even the Thalasian police started to let things slide.

With so many cases piling up and the suspects hiding out in the countryside, out of reach, the cops couldn’t keep an eye on them forever.

The officers who had been posted there were pulled back, and Tiger Haven went back to its usual peace and quiet. The group split up into three directions.

Timothy and Alex stayed in the car, ready to back everyone up. Elliot went to meet Lucas and sign the contract, while Wesley and the rest of the crew once again quietly slipped back into the haven.

Having learned from their last experience, Sophie took the lead this time, making sure they avoided any surveillance cameras along the way. They crouched in a pitch-dark spot, waiting in silence.

Meanwhile, Elliot was still in Lucas’s room, negotiating with him.

Sophie said, “I’ll go check if the tigers are still in the barn. If they are, I’ll record some video as evidence.”

Sophie was a pro at staying off the radar, so she was the perfect person to go gather intel.

Sierra nodded and said, “Sophie, be careful.”

Kiki at Sierra’s feet pawed at Sophie’s leg and let out a soft whine. It said, “Let me go with you! I want to save them!”

These tigers had watched Kiki grow up. Even though they didn’t talk much, they were all really good tigers.

Kiki just couldn’t stand to see them suffer any longer.

Sierra said to Sophie, “Kiki wants to go with you, Sophie. Take it along. It might be small, but it can take care of itself. If the tigers aren’t in the barn, it can help you find them somewhere else.”

Kiki said, “I can smell them! My friends are close by!”

Sophie nodded.

Sophie and Kiki crept along the shadowy lawn, keeping low as they made their way to the barn.

Sure enough, all the tigers from Tiger Haven were huddled inside the barn.

When Sophie saw this, rage boiled up inside her, too strong for words.

Every tiger was shackled: paws, necks, everything. And they weren’t just sleeping, they were totally knocked out, dead to the world.

Sophie shot a quick video, then headed back to Sierra’s hideout with Kiki in tow.

Sierra whispered, “How’d it go?”

“Something’s really off,” Sophie said.

She filled Sierra in on what she’d just witnessed.

Sierra frowned, crouched down, and whispered, “Kiki, are your friends always like this at night?”

Kiki nodded.

Back before she met Sierra, Kiki never thought there was anything weird about its friends.

But now, seeing how serious Sierra looked, Kiki started to feel uneasy.

Kiki said softly, “Yeah, except for the four cubs born at Tiger Haven, every tiger is totally silent at night. Is that weird?”

Kiki wanted to ask more, but it was scared a keeper might suddenly show up and bust them.

Its voice was trembling, almost about to cry.

Sierra quickly comforted it, “We’ll fix this, okay? Don’t worry.”

Once Sierra finished speaking, she, Sophie, Ethan, and the rest of the crew traded glances. “Let’s hold off for now,” she said.

By now, Elliot had already finished signing the contract with Lucas.

Lucas watched as the 30 million dollars hit his account in an instant, and any last bit of doubt he had just melted away.

As Elliot left with his bodyguards, Lucas even give

But the moment he turned around, his face fell.

Successfully unlocked!

“Still no sign of Sierra?” Lucas asked the keeper beside him.

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Chapter 235 Chance For Revenge

The keeper immediately lowered his head and stammered, “N-no, sir.”

“What the hell are the Thalasian police even doing? Can’t even catch one person!” Lucas snapped.

The keeper didn’t dare say a word.

Lucas took a deep breath and headed toward the room in the backyard.

Just as Sierra got Elliot’s message, Lucas popped up out of nowhere.

The crew instantly melted into the shadows.

From the shadows, Sierra watched as Lucas stood in the corridor outside the room. His usual look of compassion was gone. Now, he looked like a demon straight out of hell, snapping at the keepers.

Soon, seven or eight keepers dragged out a box from a locked room and made their way to the barn.

Suddenly, thick, long syringes appeared before Sierra and the crew.

In that moment, Sierra finally got it: this was why all the tigers always seemed so spaced out and drained.

Sierra realized, ‘Those drugs are probably all tranquilizers.

‘No wonder the tigers are so sluggish during the day, just lying there and letting tourists pet them, barely even moving.

‘At night, to make things easier, they’d knock all the tigers out with sleeping drugs so the tigers would be totally out cold and couldn’t stir up any trouble.’

But what really shocked Sierra was what happened next. The keepers dragged out an entire cart piled with crappy, low- grade dog and cat food from that locked room and started dumping it out for the tigers to eat.

Turns out, the tigers at Tiger Haven had been fed nothing but this garbage all along.

Sierra and her crew stayed hidden in the shadows, and their night-vision mini-cameras caught every detail.

Just as the sun was about to rise, the keepers who’d been giving the tigers their shots and dumping out food shuffled out

of the barn, cursing under their breath. They gave a big stretch and dragged themselves back to the room.

With an hour left before Tiger Haven opened, the keepers were off to grab a quick nap.

Sierra didn’t understand a word of Thalasian, but from the way the keepers and Lucas snapped and complained, it was clear life was anything but good for those tigers.

With dawn breaking and the keepers finally gone, Sierra and the crew made their way to the locked room.

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It was a local Thalasian-style building, and Sierra peered through the gaps in the wooden walls, squinting to catch a glimpse inside.

But as soon as she saw what was inside, her face turned deathly pale.

Sierra’s lips quivered as she silently stepped aside, wordlessly letting Sophie take a look herself.

Sophie leaned in and peered through the crack in the door.

Just one glance and Sophie shot upright, practically growling through clenched teeth, “These bastards!”

The warehouse was massive, easily the size of a basketball court. Discarded syringes were piled up along the edges, and

in the center and all around, glass display cases were set up like some twisted museum.

It was like a grotesque exhibition. Tiger skins were hung from the rafters, and inside the glass cases were tiger teeth of all sizes, along with severed heads and limbs.

All around, jars and bottles were stuffed with animal organs, soaking in formaldehyde.

Sierra thought, ‘Bastards? That’s too kind. They’re monsters. Absolute animals!’

Sierra checked the time. There were only forty minutes left before the place opened to visitors.

She glanced at the tigers huddled in the barn, then at the tiger corpses turned into exhibits, their age impossible to tell. Disgust and a deep, chilling darkness flickered in her eyes.

She muttered, “What goes around comes around. It’s time Lucas pays for what he’s done.”

Everyone turned to look at her.

Sierra stared at the padlock on the door, not bothering to explain herself. She just asked, “Sophie, can you crack the door open?”

Sophie replied, “I’ll give it a shot.”

Wesley’s eyes widened in shock. He asked, “Sierra, are you seriously planning to let all the tourists see this?”

Sierra turned her head, a faint smile playing on her lips. She said, “Lucas used the internet to put us on the run. Why can’t

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