Chapter 455 - Terry Meets Alaric Rhionen (1/2)

At the penthouse, which also served as a command center for observation, Lauriel and Jean could only look at each other as they followed the conversation between Terry and the two assassins on their monitor. They did not expect the assassins to be so kind to Terry.

Endo and Marion, who had been shadowing Terry with a few of Max's undercover men, did not need to intervene at all. Terry was fine.

”You see, right? Your son is safe,” Lauriel said, turning to Jean. Jean had insisted to be involved after learning that his son would be used in the mission.

”Yes, I believe in you,” Jean answered. He tapped his fingers on the table, thinking, ”What do you think they want from Terry?”

”Confirmation,” Lauriel answered. ”They've asked me, Aleksis' godfather, about Aleksis' whereabouts. Now they want her sibling to confirm that Aleksis had indeed been kidnapped. I'm sure they won't bother Terry. As far as I can tell, these people really care about Aleksis.”

Terry started to feel uncomfortable when he noticed that they were heading towards the waters. Would they hold him in one of the warehouses at the harbor or would they …

Ugh ...

He could only wonder where they were going. He hoped that Marion and Neo were still monitoring him, and would protect him if anything were to happen.

He received the answer to his question when Mischa's car stopped at the harbor parking lot. They went out of their car and waited for Terry to park. Mischa signalled him to follow them and they then walked together to the dock.

There were a number of large and small ships parked on the Harbourfront and Mischa steadily headed for one of the largest ships at the dock. The three boarded the ship and a few minutes later, the ship was sailing gracefully to the ocean.

”Damn! They got away from us,” Marion complained as Endo stopped his car at a hidden place. She did not expect that Rhionen Assassins would take Terry to a place they could not reach. If she stalked them with a drone or chased them with a speedboat, they would know that they were being followed.

Marion and Endo exchanged anxious glances. This time they were fooled.

”Lauriel, we lost them. We can only rely on Terry at the moment as we cannot follow them into the water,” Marion told Lauriel by telephone. ”I'm sorry, I miscalculated.”

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Terry was not afraid at all because he was respectfully greeted by the friendly staff on board. No one looked scary or acted coldly towards him. The luxurious ship sailed gracefully on the waters and Terry felt as if he was at home.

Was this Alaric Rhionen's ship? Would Terry meet him soon? He was rather impatient.

Hidden in his shirt button was a micro camera that sent videos to Lauriel's computer at the penthouse. They were very relieved that Terry was treated well by the assassins. His father did not need to worry too much.

They climbed onto the spacious deck that was arranged like a very elegant living room. Inwardly, Terry was impressed because he had never been on a ship as grand as this. Even Caspar's ship wasn't this big, he thought.

”Welcome, Terry Chan. Thank you for coming here.”

A tall figure dressed in all-black rose from the sofa as Terry stepped into the 'living room'. He was accompanied by two young men who stood on his sides. Mischa and Kai then approached the man and stood next to him. The man was now accompanied by the four most prominent assassins from Rhionen Assassins and Terry, who stood alone, felt a little daunted.