Reclaimed

The following day, Damien left the Crimson Fortress again.

The rogues had done great damage to this area when they occupied the city. There were many small towns and villages nearby, all suffered from the rogue’s tyrannies.

Now that they had taken the Crimson Fortress, it was time to clear out this place and bring the whole area back into order.

It was also a necessary step if they planned on heading out to the Great Canyon one day.

And Aurora’s heart was filled with worries and concerns.

She couldn’t say why…but she just felt a gruesome foreboding about them going to the Great Canyon.

Probably because the Rogue King had been hiding in the darkness for too long. They knew so little about their enemy, yet their enemy knew so

much about them.

Aurora’s gut told her that something bad would happen if they went.

But she couldn’t stop Damien either.

Like he said, it was the right thing do. And it was also his responsibility as the leader of this alliance.

The only thing she could do was to stand by his side and face everything with him together.

While Damien was gone, Aurora went to the makeshift market again.

She needed to find a way to keep herself occupied so that she wouldn’t get eaten alive by anxiety.

And she knew that Angelina had spent some time in the rogue’s territory. So she wanted to ask Angelina and see if she could learn more about the Great Canyon and the Grace Ruin.

“The Great Canyon? Yeah, I have been there before.”

Angelina answered right away when Aurora asked her about it.

They were sitting on the stools outside of the market, picking out straws from the grains. The afternoon sun was warm on their backs.

“What is that place like?” Aurora pursued.

“It is called the Great Canyon, but it is actually a black market, exclusive to the rogues. You can get all kinds of quirky, kinky stuffs there, beyond your imagination. It is hell for people like us, but heaven for the rogues. A nice guy won’t last a single day in a place like that.”

Aurora frowned.

“But can people like us blend into the crowd and sneak into the

Great Canyon?” she asked.

“It is a bad idea. Those barbarians will skin you alive if they spot you among the crowd. But in theory, yeah, you can do that. Yet as for the Grace Ruin…well, that is a totally different story.”

“How so?”

“They don’t allow normal rogues into the Grace Ruin.”

Angelina said with a sullen face.

“You have to pass some sort of a test, to prove that you are a So you can say that the Grace Ruin is filled with the Rogue King’s most trusted men. You wouldn’t be able to get in there. Even if you can, it would true Rogue, a pure blood, before you are allowed into the Rogue King’s imperial city. be impossible to get out.”

Aurora stared at the grains in her palm with a sick feeling in her stomach.

“Do you know anything about that test?” she asked Angelina,

Angelina shook her head, “Nah. I never bothered to take it when I was there. But I heard that it was brutal. You will be a changed person after the

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test.”

Aurora breathed out a heavy sigh.

“Don’t think too much into it, OK?”

Angelina patted her shoulder with a smile.

“It is not like that you will be going to that place any time soon.”

Aurora replied with a bitter smile.

She didn’t plan on telling Angelina about Damien’s plan. Not that she didn’t trust Angelina, it was simply because she didn’t want Angelina to worry.

They sat on the stools and carried on with their works.

Moments later, Glen and Veronica stopped by.

They were newly allowed out of the cell. Since Glen was no longer a Gamma and Veronica had no other things to do, they offered to help out at the market.

“Great. We can use as much help as we can get!”

Angelina set the bag of grains aside and stood up from the stool.

“Glen, can you report to the warehouse? They are doing some heavy works there and we just don’t have enough men.”

Glen hesitated and then looked at Veronica.

“Are you alright on you

own?” he asked.

Veronica nodded with a smile.

“Don’t push yourself too hard. And call me if you need anything.” he said in a slightly concerned voice.

“Don’t worry, Glen, we will take good care of her.”

Aurora smiled looking at them.

“If Veronica wants to make a home here, she has to find a way to fit in at some point. You can’t protect her forever.”

“Yeah…I know…you are right,” Glen gulped. “Just look after her, alright? She just lost her voice. It might take her a while to adapt to this new life.” Angelina laughed, “Your girlfriend is safe with us. Now just go. Duty awaits.”

After Glen left, Angelina held Veronica’s hand and led her to their office.

“Are you good with bookkeeping works? Have you learned

any

math before?” Angelina asked.

Veronica gave her a small nod. She looked tense.

“Relax, there is no need to be nervous.” Angelina grinned. “I will start you off with something easy today.”

She pushed open the office door.

Chloe was in there behind the table, working with a pile of receipts and an account book.

“Veronica, meet Chloe. And Chloe, this is Veronica. She will be helping you out today.”

Angelina introduced them to each other and soon left the room.

Chloe had a big smile on her face, which made her seem very nice and welcoming.

“It is nice to meet you, Veronica. I have always wanted an accompany in this room,” Chloe pulled out a chair. “Come and sit. I will show you how this works.”

Chloe’s smiling face eased Veronica’s guard off. She slowly walked over and sat down by Chloe’s side.

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Chloe placed a pile of receipts in front of Veronica and said, “OK. So this is what you need to do…”

Yet just then, a series of conversation came from outside of the window.

“Silas, what are you doing here?” Aurora asked.

“I am here dropping off some armors that Angelina asked me to fix. And see if you need my help with anything.”

Veronica rounded her eyes abruptly in shock and snapped her head up to gaze outside of the window.

Aurora was standing there with a man. They were talking.

And Veronica had recognized that man’s voice.

She had heard that voice before, in the Grace Ruin, behind a curtain, when she went to beg the Rogue King to release her family.

She could never forget that voice. The voice of a devil.

The Rogue King is here!!!!!!

Everyone was looking for him, but he had been hiding right here under their nose the whole time!!!

Veronica’s whole body was quivering with fear and horror.

She needed to tell Aurora about this…NOW!!

“What is the matter, Veronica?”

Chloe was startled by Veronica’s sudden movement, and she asked, “Do you need anything?”

Veronica jumped from her seat and darted toward the door. Chloe shot up as well, following Veronica to the door and stopped her before she could get out.

“Hey, hey. Easy. What happened? Why do you look like you just saw a ghost?” Chloe placed her hand on Veronica’s shoulder and said softly, “It is All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

1. OK. You can tell me.”

Veronica’s chest was raising and falling rapidly. She seemed mortified.

Chloe gently steered her back to the table and put a pen and a piece of paper in front of her.

“Why are you so horrified to see Silas? Do you know him?”

Chloe bent down till she met with Veronica’s eye level. A comforting smile

was on her lips.

“Write it down, Veronica. It is OK. You can trust me.”

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