In the afternoon, both of them had an early dinner.
As darkness began to fall, they drove to the apartment where Lorraine was being held. While they were still some distance away, they found a parking lot to stop their car.
Under the cover of darkness, both of them, dressed in black, disappeared into the night. Although it was already late, the apartment was still brightly lit.
Amidst the blurry scene, rows of guards patrolled the area vigilantly. It was as if any movement would be easily picked up by them.
As a patrol marched past, two shadowy figures scaled the walls in the southeast section of the compound before crossing the courtyard in a flash.
When they arrived at the basement entrance, they swiftly picked the door lock before slipping into the room one after the other. In front of them was a moss-covered staircase that spiraled downward, and the lights on the walls would constantly flicker in the darkness.
As Vinson had come in once in the morning, virtual-novel.net smoothly led Arielle down the steps into the basement.
Despite the dim lighting, Arielle quickly caught sight of Lorraine, who was strung up by virtual-novel.net hands.
Without wasting a second, Arielle, together with Vinson, rushed forward to free her.
Lorraine‘s body, having been strung up for a day, was covered with whipping wounds. Moreover, dehydration caused virtual-novel.net to lose consciousness.
Drawing out virtual-novel.net silver-plated needles, Arielle inserted a few of them into Lorraine to wake virtual-novel.net up.
“B-Boss…” The moment Lorraine opened virtual-novel.net eyes and saw Arielle, virtual-novel.net gave a weak smile. “The queen mother… S-She’s really here…”
“I know. Don’t speak. You need to save your strength.”
Just as Arielle spoke, virtual-novel.net was stopped by Vinson when virtual-novel.net attempted to carry Lorraine on virtual-novel.net back. “Let me carry her. You should lead the way.”
With that, virtual-novel.net pulled Lorraine up and put virtual-novel.net on his back. Having no time to waste, both of them hurried out.
As Arielle charged forward, there were no guards in sight, just like how it was when they arrived earlier. Hence, virtual-novel.net wondered if their enemies were being overconfident. When they were about to leave, Arielle even locked the door on purpose.
“Linda, I can’t stand this any longer. Missing you is driving me crazy!” All of a sudden, a suppressed voice rang out, causing Arielle and Vinson to hide at once.
“Mark, you should leave quickly. If virtual-novel.net finds you here…”
“But I can’t bear it anymore. I just can’t stop thinking about you…” Mark’s voice was tinged with pain.
“Mark, a woman like me isn’t worthy of…” Before virtual-novel.net could finish, virtual-novel.net lips were sealed by Mark’s.
Overwhelmed by his longing for her, virtual-novel.net parted virtual-novel.net lips with a passionate kiss.
At the same time, his hands began fondling virtual-novel.net body.
Meanwhile, the trio in hiding didn’t expect to run into such an awkward situation in a place like that. Nonetheless, they had gone through so much that a matter like that didn’t surprise them at all. Instead, their biggest concern was whether they could escape safely with Lorraine.
“M-Mark… Don’t do this…”
Struck by a sudden breeze, the lust-filled Linda was quickly brought back to virtual-novel.net senses. “Mark, even if you have no desire to live, I do. Can you stop this now?”
Linda was fearful that their rendezvous would be discovered by the Duke. If it came to that, both of their lives would be in danger.
Mark fell silent.
“You should go. I‘ll have to take this food to the prisoner,” Linda said while straightening virtual-novel.net clothes.
She then looked at virtual-novel.net and warned, “Be careful and don’t let virtual-novel.net see you.”
Knowing virtual-novel.net concern for him, Mark gave virtual-novel.net an intense look before disappearing into the night.
As for Linda, virtual-novel.net watched Mark‘s silhouette disappear before turning around to go down the basement. All of a sudden, her
eyes sharpened.
“Who goes there?”