Chapter 388: 388
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Elysia was waiting impatiently for the report that Alec said he would send out.
However, she had a feeling that something had happened. She just didn't know whether her intuition was right or not. After all, she knew that Alec was very strong, and he was smart enough not to get caught.
Then she felt a little embarrassed at the thoughts in her own head. Did it sound like she was praising Alec too much, even for her? Her face was a bit pink, feeling like she was praising her boyfriend for being the best.
But then she shrugged it off. After all, if she didn't support him like that, who else would?
She kept staring up at the sky, waiting for a familiar messenger to come down, yet the only thing she saw was the endless blue expense of a sky.
There wasn't even a single cloud in sight, which made her a little depressed.
Why wasn't the messenger here yet?
The messenger bird had probably already been circling for more than ten times in that area, right?
It should have been back already, but it clearly wasn't.
Every time she saw a stray pigeon or any other avian creature, she got all excited, then realized it wasn't the one she was looking for.
Rosabel, who saw her funny actions, couldn't help but tease her. "Little girl, look at you, being so anxious about your boyfriend's letter."
Elysia pouted at Rosabel's teasing. While what she said was true, the way she said it made it sound so ambiguous!
She didn't believe that the rest of the Spectres weren't nervous about their boss going alone either.
Because, as she'd already learned, the Spectres were actually a bunch of softies. She didn't like the way that some of the people in the sect treated them, but it seemed to be getting better.
Especially after Alec's deal with the current emperor had gone through.
It was as if the people had all been blinded by their prejudice before, and they were only now realizing that the Sins weren't the monsters that they'd been made out to be.
While Elysia was happy about it, the Sins seemed rather indifferent to the change in reactions that they got. Perhaps they were just jaded, or perhaps it was because they already knew that before any of that happened, it was their Boss who first looked at them in a different way, treating them all the same.
Their Boss had never said anything, but his actions proved the true way that he thought. All of the Spectres were very grateful to him, even going to the extent that they had accepted Elysia into their fold even though she herself wasn't a Sin.
They were like a family.
But now, that very Boss had rejected all of them from volunteering to go with him, saying that he would tackle it alone.
Elysia sighed, peering out the window.
Rosabel clicked her tongue before she affectionately rubbed Elysia's silvery hair with great fondness. "Don't look so despondent. Boss is strong. I'm sure he isn't any trouble."
Elysia pouted again, before she loosened up. "You're right. I, too, know that Alec is very strong. But… I just have this nagging feeling in me that's telling me that he's doing something very dangerous without any of us knowing."
Rosabel raised a brow, looking out the window as well. Now that she said it, that did seem very like boss to do that…
He was always going off somewhere alone, and in the end, Dominique was the one who went chasing after his shadow like a loyal dog.
But this time, Dominique was still off in another continent.
Now, Rosabel felt her own concern start to raise, but she remained calm.
She still felt like Elysia was blinded by that concern called love, causing her to worry excessively.
More than that, she had faith in Boss. Since he said that he would send a messenger, then she would wait for it.
The moment it passed midnight without a sign of a messenger, that was when all the Spectres would be raring and ready to go.
It was at this moment that a Rosabel felt the familiar heating up of the Spectre mark on her skin, signalling that someone was using her mark to teleport.
She backed up wisely, and so did Elysia, who saw her actions.
There was a blur as two figures suddenly appeared in the blank space, and it revealed the familiar figure of Alec, who was accompanied by another person whom she had never seen before.
Rosabel raised a brow, but calmly accepted it. "Boss!" she greeted.
"Alec!" Elysia said cheerfully. She thought that she'd get a messenger today to report back news that he was fine, but instead, he was here in person!
Then, she paused. It wasn't like Alec to suddenly abandon his post just to see her, or anyone else. It just wasn't in his personality.
Which meant…"Your cover's been blown?" she asked curiously.
Alec gave a little smirk which was unfairly attractive in Elysia's opinion.
"In a manner of speaking. This is Nicholas," he introduced.
The two females greeted Nicholas, who only pulled his lips back and snarled at them like a feral wolf, brandishing his 'claws' at them.
He had only taken a single step forward when Alec grabbed the back of Nicholas' collar and hauled him back.
Instead of saying anything else, he pressed his fingers to the Spectre mark, summoning back all of his Spectres.
It was only a short week, but it was already enough time for all of his Spectres to make their way into Yraii City without making any of it obvious.
It was time for them to make a move.
As there were familiar sounds of people who teleported to their position, Alec tossed feral Nicholas aside and tugged Elysia close, pressing a soft kiss on her forehead.
"I missed you," Alec admitted both to himself and to Elysia.
She grinned up at him and pressed her lips against his, ignoring the wolf whistles in the background at their shameless display of public affection.
Rosabel rolled her eyes. Poor Dominique… she sympathized with the strongest Sin in their sect, but she couldn't deny that Elysia was good for Alec, and vice versa.
They were more open and more relaxed now.
Both with themselves and with each other.
Alec let go of Elysia and calmly looked at his Spectres, who all greeted him in unison.
"Boss!"
Alec nodded at them, smiling. "Get ready. We're going to attack headquarters. Now!"
"Yes, Boss!"
The Spectres immediately started gearing up, and Alec exchanged a quick word with Elysia, who was already ready.
"Make sure you keep yourself safe. Don't take any unnecessary risks."
Elysia rolled her eyes when she heard his words. She could fight him to a standstill, and he knew that.
However, that wasn't the reason why she was rolling her eyes.
She nudged him playfully. "You hypocrite. You probably put yourself in immense danger just to get the location of their headquarters, right?"
Alec's smile took on a wry edge. "You caught me," he said dryly. He kissed her cheek, smirking. "You can chide me later."
Honestly, Alec really wanted to make a move only when he knew everything that there was to know, but that would take too long. And they were so anal about their security that everyone in the company had a seal on them to tell them whether or not someone was dead, compromised, etc.
It would take too long. In this case, it was better to strike when they were still caught off guard.
Lilith should have reported about his presence, but it was just a small blip.
Alec's eyes glinted in determination. "Let's go!"
"Yes, Boss!"
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Elysia was waiting impatiently for the report that Alec said he would send out.
However, she had a feeling that something had happened. She just didn't know whether her intuition was right or not. After all, she knew that Alec was very strong, and he was smart enough not to get caught.
Then she felt a little embarrassed at the thoughts in her own head. Did it sound like she was praising Alec too much, even for her? Her face was a bit pink, feeling like she was praising her boyfriend for being the best.
But then she shrugged it off. After all, if she didn't support him like that, who else would?
She kept staring up at the sky, waiting for a familiar messenger to come down, yet the only thing she saw was the endless blue expense of a sky.
There wasn't even a single cloud in sight, which made her a little depressed.
Why wasn't the messenger here yet?
The messenger bird had probably already been circling for more than ten times in that area, right?
It should have been back already, but it clearly wasn't.
Every time she saw a stray pigeon or any other avian creature, she got all excited, then realized it wasn't the one she was looking for.
Rosabel, who saw her funny actions, couldn't help but tease her. "Little girl, look at you, being so anxious about your boyfriend's letter."
Elysia pouted at Rosabel's teasing. While what she said was true, the way she said it made it sound so ambiguous!
She didn't believe that the rest of the Spectres weren't nervous about their boss going alone either.
Because, as she'd already learned, the Spectres were actually a bunch of softies. She didn't like the way that some of the people in the sect treated them, but it seemed to be getting better.
Especially after Alec's deal with the current emperor had gone through.
It was as if the people had all been blinded by their prejudice before, and they were only now realizing that the Sins weren't the monsters that they'd been made out to be.
While Elysia was happy about it, the Sins seemed rather indifferent to the change in reactions that they got. Perhaps they were just jaded, or perhaps it was because they already knew that before any of that happened, it was their Boss who first looked at them in a different way, treating them all the same.
Their Boss had never said anything, but his actions proved the true way that he thought. All of the Spectres were very grateful to him, even going to the extent that they had accepted Elysia into their fold even though she herself wasn't a Sin.
They were like a family.
But now, that very Boss had rejected all of them from volunteering to go with him, saying that he would tackle it alone.
Elysia sighed, peering out the window.
Rosabel clicked her tongue before she affectionately rubbed Elysia's silvery hair with great fondness. "Don't look so despondent. Boss is strong. I'm sure he isn't any trouble."
Elysia pouted again, before she loosened up. "You're right. I, too, know that Alec is very strong. But… I just have this nagging feeling in me that's telling me that he's doing something very dangerous without any of us knowing."
Rosabel raised a brow, looking out the window as well. Now that she said it, that did seem very like boss to do that…
He was always going off somewhere alone, and in the end, Dominique was the one who went chasing after his shadow like a loyal dog.
But this time, Dominique was still off in another continent.
Now, Rosabel felt her own concern start to raise, but she remained calm.
She still felt like Elysia was blinded by that concern called love, causing her to worry excessively.
More than that, she had faith in Boss. Since he said that he would send a messenger, then she would wait for it.
The moment it passed midnight without a sign of a messenger, that was when all the Spectres would be raring and ready to go.
It was at this moment that a Rosabel felt the familiar heating up of the Spectre mark on her skin, signalling that someone was using her mark to teleport.
She backed up wisely, and so did Elysia, who saw her actions.
There was a blur as two figures suddenly appeared in the blank space, and it revealed the familiar figure of Alec, who was accompanied by another person whom she had never seen before.
Rosabel raised a brow, but calmly accepted it. "Boss!" she greeted.
"Alec!" Elysia said cheerfully. She thought that she'd get a messenger today to report back news that he was fine, but instead, he was here in person!
Then, she paused. It wasn't like Alec to suddenly abandon his post just to see her, or anyone else. It just wasn't in his personality.
Which meant…"Your cover's been blown?" she asked curiously.
Alec gave a little smirk which was unfairly attractive in Elysia's opinion.
"In a manner of speaking. This is Nicholas," he introduced.
The two females greeted Nicholas, who only pulled his lips back and snarled at them like a feral wolf, brandishing his 'claws' at them.
He had only taken a single step forward when Alec grabbed the back of Nicholas' collar and hauled him back.
Instead of saying anything else, he pressed his fingers to the Spectre mark, summoning back all of his Spectres.
It was only a short week, but it was already enough time for all of his Spectres to make their way into Yraii City without making any of it obvious.
It was time for them to make a move.
As there were familiar sounds of people who teleported to their position, Alec tossed feral Nicholas aside and tugged Elysia close, pressing a soft kiss on her forehead.
"I missed you," Alec admitted both to himself and to Elysia.
She grinned up at him and pressed her lips against his, ignoring the wolf whistles in the background at their shameless display of public affection.
Rosabel rolled her eyes. Poor Dominique… she sympathized with the strongest Sin in their sect, but she couldn't deny that Elysia was good for Alec, and vice versa.
They were more open and more relaxed now.
Both with themselves and with each other.
Alec let go of Elysia and calmly looked at his Spectres, who all greeted him in unison.
"Boss!"
Alec nodded at them, smiling. "Get ready. We're going to attack headquarters. Now!"
"Yes, Boss!"
The Spectres immediately started gearing up, and Alec exchanged a quick word with Elysia, who was already ready.
"Make sure you keep yourself safe. Don't take any unnecessary risks."
Elysia rolled her eyes when she heard his words. She could fight him to a standstill, and he knew that.
However, that wasn't the reason why she was rolling her eyes.
She nudged him playfully. "You hypocrite. You probably put yourself in immense danger just to get the location of their headquarters, right?"
Alec's smile took on a wry edge. "You caught me," he said dryly. He kissed her cheek, smirking. "You can chide me later."
Honestly, Alec really wanted to make a move only when he knew everything that there was to know, but that would take too long. And they were so anal about their security that everyone in the company had a seal on them to tell them whether or not someone was dead, compromised, etc.
It would take too long. In this case, it was better to strike when they were still caught off guard.
Lilith should have reported about his presence, but it was just a small blip.
Alec's eyes glinted in determination. "Let's go!"
"Yes, Boss!"
Elysia was waiting impatiently for the report that Alec said he would send out.However, she had a feeling that something had happened. She just didn't know whether her intuition was right or not. After all, she knew that Alec was very strong, and he was smart enough not to get caught.Then she felt a little embarrassed at the thoughts in her own head. Did it sound like she was praising Alec too much, even for her? Her face was a bit pink, feeling like she was praising her boyfriend for being the best.But then she shrugged it off. After all, if she didn't support him like that, who else would?She kept staring up at the sky, waiting for a familiar messenger to come down, yet the only thing she saw was the endless blue expense of a sky.There wasn't even a single cloud in sight, which made her a little depressed.Why wasn't the messenger here yet?The messenger bird had probably already been circling for more than ten times in that area, right?It should have been back already, but it clearly wasn't.Every time she saw a stray pigeon or any other avian creature, she got all excited, then realized it wasn't the one she was looking for.Rosabel, who saw her funny actions, couldn't help but tease her. "Little girl, look at you, being so anxious about your boyfriend's letter."Elysia pouted at Rosabel's teasing. While what she said was true, the way she said it made it sound so ambiguous!She didn't believe that the rest of the Spectres weren't nervous about their boss going alone either.Because, as she'd already learned, the Spectres were actually a bunch of softies. She didn't like the way that some of the people in the sect treated them, but it seemed to be getting better.Especially after Alec's deal with the current emperor had gone through.It was as if the people had all been blinded by their prejudice before, and they were only now realizing that the Sins weren't the monsters that they'd been made out to be.While Elysia was happy about it, the Sins seemed rather indifferent to the change in reactions that they got. Perhaps they were just jaded, or perhaps it was because they already knew that before any of that happened, it was their Boss who first looked at them in a different way, treating them all the same.Their Boss had never said anything, but his actions proved the true way that he thought. All of the Spectres were very grateful to him, even going to the extent that they had accepted Elysia into their fold even though she herself wasn't a Sin.They were like a family.But now, that very Boss had rejected all of them from volunteering to go with him, saying that he would tackle it alone.Elysia sighed, peering out the window.Rosabel clicked her tongue before she affectionately rubbed Elysia's silvery hair with great fondness. "Don't look so despondent. Boss is strong. I'm sure he isn't any trouble."Elysia pouted again, before she loosened up. "You're right. I, too, know that Alec is very strong. But I just have this nagging feeling in me that's telling me that he's doing something very dangerous without any of us knowing."Rosabel raised a brow, looking out the window as well. Now that she said it, that did seem very like boss to do thatHe was always going off somewhere alone, and in the end, Dominique was the one who went chasing after his shadow like a loyal dog.But this time, Dominique was still off in another continent.Now, Rosabel felt her own concern start to raise, but she remained calm.She still felt like Elysia was blinded by that concern called love, causing her to worry excessively.More than that, she had faith in Boss. Since he said that he would send a messenger, then she would wait for it.The moment it passed midnight without a sign of a messenger, that was when all the Spectres would be raring and ready to go.It was at this moment that a Rosabel felt the familiar heating up of the Spectre mark on her skin, signalling that someone was using her mark to teleport.She backed up wisely, and so did Elysia, who saw her actions.There was a blur as two figures suddenly appeared in the blank space, and it revealed the familiar figure of Alec, who was accompanied by another person whom she had never seen before.Rosabel raised a brow, but calmly accepted it. "Boss!" she greeted."Alec!" Elysia said cheerfully. She thought that she'd get a messenger today to report back news that he was fine, but instead, he was here in person!Then, she paused. It wasn't like Alec to suddenly abandon his post just to see her, or anyone else. It just wasn't in his personality.Which meant"Your cover's been blown?" she asked curiously.Alec gave a little smirk which was unfairly attractive in Elysia's opinion."In a manner of speaking. This is Nicholas," he introduced.The two females greeted Nicholas, who only pulled his lips back and snarled at them like a feral wolf, brandishing his 'claws' at them.He had only taken a single step forward when Alec grabbed the back of Nicholas' collar and hauled him back.Instead of saying anything else, he pressed his fingers to the Spectre mark, summoning back all of his Spectres.It was only a short week, but it was already enough time for all of his Spectres to make their way into Yraii City without making any of it obvious.It was time for them to make a move.As there were familiar sounds of people who teleported to their position, Alec tossed feral Nicholas aside and tugged Elysia close, pressing a soft kiss on her forehead."I missed you," Alec admitted both to himself and to Elysia.She grinned up at him and pressed her lips against his, ignoring the wolf whistles in the background at their shameless display of public affection.Rosabel rolled her eyes. Poor Dominique she sympathized with the strongest Sin in their sect, but she couldn't deny that Elysia was good for Alec, and vice versa.They were more open and more relaxed now.Both with themselves and with each other.Alec let go of Elysia and calmly looked at his Spectres, who all greeted him in unison."Boss!"Alec nodded at them, smiling. "Get ready. We're going to attack headquarters. Now!""Yes, Boss!"The Spectres immediately started gearing up, and Alec exchanged a quick word with Elysia, who was already ready."Make sure you keep yourself safe. Don't take any unnecessary risks."Elysia rolled her eyes when she heard his words. She could fight him to a standstill, and he knew that.However, that wasn't the reason why she was rolling her eyes.She nudged him playfully. "You hypocrite. You probably put yourself in immense danger just to get the location of their headquarters, right?"Alec's smile took on a wry edge. "You caught me," he said dryly. He kissed her cheek, smirking. "You can chide me later."Honestly, Alec really wanted to make a move only when he knew everything that there was to know, but that would take too long. And they were so anal about their security that everyone in the company had a seal on them to tell them whether or not someone was dead, compromised, etc.It would take too long. In this case, it was better to strike when they were still caught off guard.Lilith should have reported about his presence, but it was just a small blip.Alec's eyes glinted in determination. "Let's go!""Yes, Boss!"
