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Chapter 94: Ritual

"Sophia? What are you doing here? Did you follow us?" Asked Janine with worry.

"Auntie, there is no time to explain. We must hurry. We need to escape soon, the bad guy is coming." Said Sophia in a hurry with visible tears.

"What bad guy Sophi? What are you talking about? calm down first and let's talk." Appeased Janine.

"No time auntie, we must hurry. The bad guy is coming. I heard him talking to the other guy. The master of the house. I heard how he said that he would throw auntie's body in the sacred forest after the ritual was done." 

Sophia's words finally caught Reymond's and Janine's attention.

"Fu*k Alister what did you do?." Cursed Reymond. Get ready we are leaving.

"Hmm."

The two frantically started packing up and just as they were about to be done, a knock alarmed them from the outside.

"Knock, Knock"

Reymond motioned for Janine to calm down. She quickly hid Sophia in the closet.

"Princess hide here and stay quiet. No matter what happens, don't come out okay?"

"Hmm."

After not hearing a sound from the room for a while the person outside knocked again.

"Knock, knock."

"Why?" Replied Reymond.

"It's me, open up." Said, Alister.

Reymond quickly hid the bags under the bed and opened the door. Janine also tried to act naturally.

"What's wrong?" Asked Reymond after opening the door.

"I ordered them to increase vigilance and also tightened the security. Don't worry too much. You two should come down and eat something." Said Alister with his signature warm smile. 

If not for Sophia's warning they wouldn't notice that something was wrong with him.

"Okay brother. We will come down soon."

"Hmm." Nodded Alister and just as he was about to go out he noticed something and turned around.

"Something wrong?" Asked Reymond while trying to not show his anxiety.

"You know Reymond, you still tend to avoid eye contact when you're trying to hide something. Just like when we were children." Said Alister and his smile instantly disappeared.

Janine and Reymond understood that the situation wasn't good and tried to fight back, but for some reason, they felt dizzy and faint.

"What... Did you...do?" Muttered Reymond.

"Ahh. My dear brother. Always so trusting. Don't worry, I just put some knockout medicine in the tea. It won't harm you."

At the end of the words both Reymond and Janine fainted.

Sophia, who watched all these from the crack of the closet quickly covered her mouth in fright.

Alister didn't find her and quickly ordered his man to take Reymond and Janine. Seeing that the bad man left the room and took her uncle and aunt Sophia came out of the closet and also left the room.

Her sneaky and gossipy personality came in hand and she managed to stealthily follow the group. She noticed that they entered the same study she was in before and hid in the curtains near the window that faced the door.

After waiting for some time she didn't hear any sound from inside and no one came out so she couldn't hold back her anxiety and decided to go inside.

She slowly opened the room door and looked inside, but found that no one was there. Puzzled by this little Sophia started looking around the room but didn't find anyone. Just as she was about to give up searching she heard a loud noise coming from the bookshelf and hid under the table once again.

Sure enough, the bookshelf moved and from the open secret passage, Alister appeared with two other men.

"Make sure to notify me when they wake up and ready everything for the ritual." Said, Alister.

"Yes, master." The two men spoke simultaneously and bowed their heads with respect.

After the three left the room Sophia came out of her hiding spot and went near the bookshelf. Earlier she saw how Alister moved one of the books and the passage closed so she decided to give it a try and sure enough the passage once again opened.

Sophia quickly hurried inside and the bookshelf closed after her. She was a little scared when walking down the humid and dark stairs, but remembering her aunt and uncle that were taken she braved her heart and didn't stop moving.

After walking for some time Sophia finally came to her destination and found herself in an underground cave. She immediately noticed her uncle who was hanging from the ceiling with thick chains as well as her aunt who was also bound by heavy chains on a stone table with some strange symbols carved in it. 

"Auntie, auntie wake up, auntie.' Seeing that her aunt wasn't waking up Sophia ran to her uncle and started shaking his leg that she could barely reach.

"Uncle Rey, wake up. Wowwo wake up uncle."

But none of them woke up. Then suddenly a familiar sound came from the entrance and Sophia quickly hid behind the stalagmites growing in the cave.

Soon a man entered the cave and started waking up Janine and Reymond.

"Ugh." 

"Ah."

When they finally understood the situation they both started struggling.

"Don't even try, these chains are not ordinary, you won't ever be able to escape." Warned the man

"Fu*k" Reymond couldn't help but curse loudly.

The man didn't give them any attention and quickly left to call his master.

When he left Sophia came out and ran to Janine.

"Auntie, auntie."

"Sophia, how did you get here?" Asked Janine with surprise and even stopped struggling.

"I sneaked inside." Answered the girl.

"Sophia, look around if there is anything that can open the chains." Said Reymond.

Sophia nodded her head and started looking around, when she found nothing she almost started crying. She was, after all, just 6 years old. 

"Auntie there is nothing here."

At that moment the same sound was heard again.

"quickly hide, go." Motioned Janine.

Sophia went back to her hiding place just in time before Alister and his men walked in.

"So, you're both awake." Said Alister with his signature smile.

"Brother, what are you doing? Let us go."

"No can do, my dearest brother." 

"You're not Alister." Said Janine with certainty.

"Expect nothing less from the Montague family."

"You, what are you? What did you do to my brother?" Screamed Reymond.

"Come on love. I am still your brother, just an upgraded version of him."

"What do you want from us?" Asked Janine.

"I just need a sacrifice. A female with Montague blood."

"You don't just need a sacrifice but a willing one don't you." Stated Janine once again.

"Sure enough, you're the smart one."

"That will never happen."

"We'll see."