Chapter 395 - From Bad to Worse (1/2)

Finally, after experiencing a sleep filled with nightmares, Alaric woke up. He felt like his head was about to explode. When washing his face  in the sink, he realized that his eyes had turned darker. He had been researching his own body for years and still couldn't figure out why his body and appearance would change at times.

After forcing himself to eat breakfast, his mind began to calm down. He must act carefully and not be careless. However Aleksis came from a rich family who would surely try their best to protect her. Even if Aleksis was now injured, she would have gotten the best doctor's care.

If it turned out that she was dead ...

Alaric couldn't do anything.

He could only look for her grave.

With that in mind, he went to the living room, closed his eyes, and waited for the arrival of his eight men whom Pavel had called to come.

At 9 am, one by one, the people whom he was waiting for started to arrive. Pavel arrived first with two very beautiful serious-looking girls who were in their mid 20-s. One had long blond hair tied in a ponytail and wore casual clothes and maroon-colored leather boots; the other one had short, curly hair and looked petite in her short elegant dress and strappy gladiator sandals.

”Nice to meet you, Master. It's been a long time,” commented the long haired girl while showing a charming dimpled smile.

”Good morning, Livia.” Alaric nodded. ”Sorry I called you out all of a sudden.”

”We are happy to be here,” said the short-haired girl excitedly, ”We haven't seen each other in five years. You are too busy with that technology company of yours and forgot about us.”

”Hmm ...” Alaric didn't argue. ”You're right, Rosalien.”

The two girls looked concerned seeing Alaric's grim face. They had never seen a negative expression on Alaric's face before. He always looked calm and collected, unaffected, but now they saw that his calmness was only on the surface. His eyes could not lie, and they looked really gloomy.

”Allen, Noel, Fritz and Kai have arrived with Kurt van Der Ven,” Pavel said suddenly. He opened the door and invited the 4 men to enter. They forcibly pushed a man in his late 40-s into the living room.

”Good morning, Master. We have brought the person you requested. We are sorry it took so long, but his security was quite tight. We had to go through a brutal chase ...” said a man in his 40s who was bald-headed while pushing Kurt to the middle of the room.

Kurt Van Der Ven seemed to try to remain calm in the face of so many dangerous-looking people around him.

”Good morning, Mr. Van Der Ven,” Alaric greeted Kurt politely. His voice sounded very tired. ”I won't hurt you, but I need information on Aleksis' whereabouts.”

Instantly Kurt's face turned pale. He immediately connected the incident that caused Aleksis' accident with this dangerous looking group of people. He watched Alaric intently and tried to guess who this man was.

”What do you want from her? Aleksis is sick,” Kurt said firmly. ”Please do not disturb her.”

He was somewhat surprised to notice that for a moment, Alaric's eyes flashed in concern. Was he not mistaken? This man was worried about Aleksis? Who was he, really?

”Sick ... where is she?” Alaric asked again. ”We won't hurt you. I'm sorry for bringing you here by force, but I have no choice.”

Kurt looked around and noticed that there were at least 10 people who surrounded him, some of which had weapons clearly displayed on their waist and hands. The rest, even though they weren't possessing any weapons, looked just as dangerous. He knew he would succeed if he insisted on escaping.

”She had an accident on campus due to shock after being threatened at gunpoint. She is currently treated at a hospital in Singapore,” Kurt answered cautiously.

It wouldn't hurt to tell them where Aleksis was being treated in Singapore, because by now Caspar would have taken her away from there, thought Kurt. He raised a hand, signalling that he wanted to show something. ”Can I show you the diagnosis?”

Alaric nodded and Kurt slowly went to his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. He then handed it to Alaric. The man received Kurt's cell phone and studied the picture of a hospital document containing Aleksis' diagnosis and the doctor's note.

His face, which was rather grim, turned expressionless.

”All right. Then I want you to make an order to move her to the place of my choosing,” Alaric said softly.

His heart was very sad when he saw Aleksis' diagnosis. He felt deep regret for going to England, leaving Aleksis alone in Singapore. In just a few days, this horrible tragedy fell on Aleksis and, to his dismay, there was nothing he could do.

At this point, there was no point in feeling regret, because Aleksis already had an accident and was now in a coma. But at least he wanted to be the one to care for Aleksis until she recovered ... if she still had hope for recovery.