Ian:
She started the car. We tried to drive past a few checkpoints, but it became harder each time.
Whenever she told them she was an alpha’s daughter, they let her pass. At certain points, though, they insisted on checking the car, and I grew impatient.
Once we reached the open road, I noticed several cars behind us. They were police and warriors.
They closed in on us, one driving behind us, another pulling alongside, and then one moved ahead of us. At that point, I knew we were caught.
Our car slowed as warriors from the other vehicles began to threaten us. They were going to shoot the tires.
The car stopped, and the back door opened. A warrior pressed a gun to my head.
"Your father wants to see you," he told me.
That was all he said, and I realized I had been caught.
There were lurkers and warriors with guns pointed at me, asking me to join them.
"Wait, I have my warriors too. Don’t you dare,"
Vanessa tried to stop them, but I gave her a hand gesture. She had already broken the rules and tried to help me enough times. I did not want to drag her into this anymore.
"Thank you so much," I told her.
At least she helped me understand that the council members were involved.
She looked sad as she watched me get out of the car and step into the vehicle the lurkers had arrived in.
All the cars started to leave once I settled inside. Silence filled the car.
They watched me without speaking. When the road to the academy started to appear, I scoffed and shook my head.
I was back at the place I had run away from.
Once the car parked in front of the academy, I sighed and got out, fixing my black shirt and looking around the area.
Clementine and I had thought we would return here only to take revenge or shut it down permanently. Now I was here alone.
I stepped into the passageway, reached the main hall, and slammed the door open as I entered.
All the ringleaders, the crusaders, and even my father were there, his hands tied behind his back.
"So all of you must have already heard what happened," I stated, watching the confused looks on the crusaders’ faces.
"Ian, where were you?" Haiden called, making me turn toward him.
"Where is Clementine?" Troy added, his voice tense.
I turned to my father, facing him.
"Why won’t you ask the headmaster?" I replied. "One minute she’s with the council, and the next they’re injecting her with something to sell her off to high bidders."
Those words caused a loud gasp.
"What the fuck is going on?" Mira screamed.
It seemed the crusaders were still unaware, but my father’s raised hand from the podium silenced everyone.
"I don’t know what you’re talking about. What do you mean she was with the council members?" my father asked, stepping down from the stage and walking toward me.
"Oh, come on, as if you don’t know," I snapped. "She went to the council to expose the academy."
I had barely finished when my father stopped in front of me and let out a rough grunt.
"Ian, the council is in on it," he muttered, repeating what I already knew.
But it did not seem like he knew anything about what was happening to Clementine.
"Well, I heard they’re selling her off to someone," I said, my tone shifting as I spoke to him. A need for help rose inside me.
Even if he asks me to go north and continue the game for entertainment, I’ll do it. If only he saves Clementine.
"You’re such an idiot, Ian," my father grumbled. "Come with me. We are paying a visit to the council members," he insisted, turning to the ringleaders as they started to move with him.
They stopped briefly when I noticed they were facing Oriana. Her hands were tied behind her back, her posture straight.
"We saw the video of you abandoning one of the crusaders," one of them remarked, their attention shifting to her.
It seemed they had already discussed it.


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