N knew that Eler would not get angry with her. She said cheekily, "Eler, I''m sorry. I''ll never say such
things again."
"Okay, I forgive you this time." Eler pinched the tip of her nose and smiled.
N put the ss of water aside, hugged her arm, and muttered, "Eler, I miss Mommy so much."
Eler patted her head and assured her, saying, "I''m looking for a chance. Give it some time and we can
have a video call with her."
"When will she be back?" Eler asked her with wide eyes.
"It''ll be soon. She''ll be back when she finishes her mission." Eler coaxed her.
"I hope Mommy cane back soon. I miss her." N leaned on her shoulder and said, feeling
aggrieved.
Eler stroked her head.
It was important for parents to be by their kids'' side as they grew up.
Unfortunately, N''s father still did not know the existence of N while Luca was forced to go out to
perform missions.
Meanwhile, on the other hand.
Luca arrived at the nearby stronghold. Although it was nearby, it was also some distance away. After
she arrived, she was asked to answer the password before she even had time to brush the snow off
her body.
After she gave them the password, she was brought in by a woman.
This was a shop that had a sign of a beauty salon at the front. The interior was bright. It was much
better than the stronghold in A City.
Neither Luca nor the woman who brought her in knew that Gale''s men were watching them from
outside.
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"Wait here." The woman brought Luca to the front of a private room and said.
"Okay." Luca sat down. She knew that the beauty salon was just a cover-up. Nevertheless, those from
the Ind of Despair could not tantly carry out their activities in the beauty salon.
After all, this ce was mostly for women.
On the Ind of Despair, the ratio of males to females was unbnced. The majority of them were
men. She assumed that there would be a dark room for these people to attend to their tasks.
Luca watched as the woman reached the end of the corridor and disappeared around the corner. She
waited quietly and did not follow.
There was no point being curious about these.
''What if I find the dark room? Infiltratinges with a huge risk. Taking the antidotes is twice as risky.''
She could not afford to take that risk because she could not bear to part with Luke and the kids.
After about five minutes, the woman who brought her in returned and said to her, "Let''s go, it''s ready."
Luca followed behind the woman and walked through the long corridor. They got to the end. She
followed the woman''s footsteps, and they continued to walk. After about a few meters, the woman
stopped in front of a door.
Luca watched the woman enter the password, then unlock another lock with her pupil. She then
understood that they were standing in front of the secret door.
It was not difficult to unlock the door, but along the way, she had discovered the mystery of the corridor.
In addition to security cameras, there were infrared sensors in the corridor. If everything was activated,
it was likely that the rm would sound if a fly flew in.
After the pupil lock was sessfully unlocked, the woman pushed open the door and nced at her.
"Go in."
Luca walked in.
The woman did not follow her in. She closed the door with the back of her hand.
All the lights were turned on the moment the door was closed. Luca was calm and did not panic just
because she was locked in this confined space.
Luca looked at the door not far away, stepped forward, and opened it.
A secret room was behind the door.
Two men were sitting inside. The secret room was full of things. The ce was not neat but was much
cleanerpared to A City.
"You''re here for the antidote?" the man asked in Russian.
"Yes." Luca nodded coldly.
"Name?" the man said.
"Ivana Luca Craw," Luca replied with the name Abel gave her.
"Do you have the tattoo?" the man asked.
"I don''t have a tattoo on my body, but I have this..." Luca pulled out a dagger with the logo of the Ind
of Despair inscribed on it.
After he verified it, the man handed one of the bottles of antidote to her. "It''s the first time I''ve seen you
here. As per the rules, you have to drink it on the spot. You can leave only after you''re done." Luca took
it, opened the lid, and sniffed it lightly.
"It''s the antidote. It can''t be wrong." The man chuckled when he saw her being so cautious.
Luca confirmed that it was the antidote after she sniffed it. She then chugged the bottle.
After she was done, she handed the bottle back to the man.
The man took it, nced at the empty bottle, and said, "Say something?" "What?" Luca wondered.
The man exined sternly, "There was a guy from before who kept the antidote in his mouth when he
was drinking the antidote. He wanted to take it to a pharmacist to analyze the ingredients and make the
antidote himself to break free from the organization. As such, after drinking the medicine, you have to
say something to prove that there''s no antidote in your mouth before you can go."
Luca frowned. ''Isn''t that what I did before?''
Nevertheless, she was certain that the person the man mentioned was not her.
If they found out what she did, it was unlikely that she would get off scot-free.
Luca turned around and was about to leave when heard the conversation between the two men.
"There''s a new mission," the other man said.
The man heard him and asked, "Who''s the target?"
"The target is Luke Crawford. Boss mentioned that we have to carry out this task as soon as possible
as the target task may return to A City. The task will be more difficult if it''s carried out when he''s
back to his home ground," the man said.
Luca''s hand was on the doorknob. Her heart tightened when she heard the conversation between the
two men.
''The Ind of Despair is going to make a move on Luke?''
"They don''t think of us as humans! We don''t know where this person is now but we''re expected to
make a move as soon as possible? Even if the client paid a high price, this isn''t how they should do
things. Sigh." The other man could not help butin.
"That''s enough. You might as well start looking for him rather thanining here. After the mission
ispleted, we''ll get amission," the man said. He noticed that Luca had not left and asked,
"What are you still doing here?"
"I don''t know how to open this door..." Luca pretended to be ignorant to reassure these men.
"The button in the middle," the man replied impatiently.
Luca pressed the button and walked out of the secret room. She could not stop thinking about what the
man just said.
The Ind of Despair wanted to hurt Luke, and the mission had to be carried out as soon as possible...
"You''re out." The woman kept standing at the door. When she saw Lucaing out, she urged. "Leave
quickly. If someone asks you what you were doing here, tell them that you came here for a facial."
"Got it." Luca agreed casually and headed out with the woman.
After she left the beauty salon, she took out her phone but did not know how to convey this information
to Luke. When she was hesitating, she thought of a way to go about it.
She would get Amur to create a fake email address for her so that she could send an email to Luke to
notify him.
After she thought of that, she nced around. There were very few vehicles and pedestrians on the
road because of the snow.