IN THE CAGE

123. VERA

[Call me if you're not busy.]

The message appeared on the HP Vera screen, coming from Anggara. The flickering light of Vera's cell phone was in the darkness right then and there, attracting the attention of a man standing in front of the line of bars.

The man's eyes were glaring at the figure of the woman who was still drooping weakly on the cold concrete floor. Blood dried up on his forehead, and a chain curled the left and right of his hands.

The unconscious drooping figure was Vera, and opposite Vera, there was Evan Caspian holding his phone.

"I'm sorry, Angga. Your vera is busy right now."

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...NORMAL pov...

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A basin of water landed on Vera's head. Shaking his body until his entire impulse nerve woke up in shock. Vera - with the wet now inundating her body - opened her eyes.

His consciousness that came like a stunan made Vera have trouble digesting her situation now. What Vera clearly felt at that moment was only pain and pain in her body. The painful sting appeared stronger as his consciousness grew. On the back, stomach, chest and most painful.

"Finally you wake up too." the foreign voice echoed within the gloomy space that surrounded it. The only source of illumination there was a yellow lamp whose glass was covered with dust. The lamp hanging in the middle of the room his dim light did little to help Vera to realize where she was now.

"Are you hitting his head too hard, he's being a moron and not paying attention to me." Evan glanced at the bodyguard he sent to arrest Vera, criticizing the work of his subordinates because Vera had ignored him.

"If I don't hit him hard, he'll wake up on the street and create chaos." The guard berkilah. "Also, we're short on people when we get back so.., hitting it really hard is the best option to fully reap its consciousness."

"Oh, oh. You came up with a long excuse just to explain your incompetence." Evan was untouched. Evan, actually, feels keki. How could one woman kill two of her bodyguards and send one more person to the ICU?

Okay, indeed Vera is the bodyguard of Margot, the bodyguard of the Hunter family. But, how could each of their members become so powerful? Did Ace force his bodyguard to take steroids every morning?

Where did he get these humans with demonic-powers?

"Damn," Vera swore. The first thing that came out of his mouth as his vision became clearer was the swearing. Vera could now clearly see the figure of Evan Caspian sitting cross-legged elegantly across these bars.

"Good, it looks like you're well aware enough to understand the dangers of your current situation." Evan glanced at Vera, head tilted in a joke. His hands swung softly, hinting at his bodyguard to get close to Vera.

Klang's!

The sound of the iron padlock and the colliding bars rang out loud. Vera - still lying in a puddle - stared at a bodyguard who entered her holding cell. The man's body was large and tall.

Conquering the man might not be a problem for Vera, no matter how big they are. However, Vera is not fit right now. His entire muscles were in pain and the cold concrete floor he had been lying on for some time, had absorbed his energy.

While the bodyguard headed for a chain that was designed like the pulley, Vera who had previously drooped languidly woke up with her arms jolted strongly. He stood staggering, his legs losing balance.His two bound hands shrieked in pain as a result of the pull that lifted his arms up abruptly.

"I can finally see you clearly" said Evan. It was as if the dim light was sufficient as a source of illumination.

"What time is it?" Vera looked into Evan's eyes without much care. It was as if he was just looking at a piece of trash in a gutter.

"Why do you want to know?"

Vera was silent, she was more interested in the chains that bound her now. It was a huge chain that he could not jolt and break. The shape of the padlock holding the chain is also not a padlock that can be removed without a specific key. Things like hairpins or knives are not able to take that padlock off. Unless Vera is a cousin of the magician Houdini who can break away from any restraint, then the story will be different.

Ughhhh!

"For the size of a bodyguard, Ace seems to have forgotten to teach you manners."

"Cramatic order? It's boring." Vera spat at those words with disdain. "Now, what time is it?"

"Uh, f-h-k!" Tired leg Vera kicked a puddle of water.

"Why? Was there a specific appointment with someone more important until you were more upset about it than your safety?" Evan guesses Vera's annoyance is Anggara.

"The f-, Margot's boss must be upset that I'm late for the food." Vera mumbled to herself.

No, that doesn't mean Evan's words about Vera that don't concern his own salvation are the truth. But this is a strategy. Vera tries to dampen Evan's ego until the man feels he has no control over Vera. Until he was frustrated and frustrated.

This is mind games.

"Margoth?" Evan jumped down from his bench. He breezed into Vera's cell and without warning immediately raised a strong fist on Vera's right cheek.

"What the fuck? If you don't have the strength, ask your bodyguard to hit me." Vera responded with ridicule. "Your punch is weaker than a sissy's."

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"I found him," was David's report after being up all night. The man's hair was messy, and his shirt coming out of the slippage of his pants showed how much he forgot about everything and just focused desperately on his work.

"Boss Margot, I've found Vera" David reported, his anger somewhat bubbling, chime with ambition. "Vera was captured by Evan Caspian's men!"

Margot, who was eating a plate of sandwiches at the table, stopped at her activity. He looked up at David and to be honest, even though Vera was Margot's personal bodyguard who had worked with him for a long time, Margot was neither panicked nor angry.

"Are you sure?"

"I've checked every CCTV in town and found the RV that took Vera to Caspian's residence."

"Alright, thanks for your hard work, Dave. Now, you can rest."

"Huh?"

Margot continued her breakfast. "I'll discuss the rest after Ace gets home."

"But Ace's boss will be home later in the afternoon!" David was upset by the lack of urgency in his boss' response. This is Vera, you know! Vera!

"David..., are you listening to me? Or are you forcing me to listen to you?"

"I'm worried about Vera, Boss."

"He'll be fine." Margot chews slowly. "He has a strong defense."

"Not everyone is strong against bullets." David is still adamant.

"If Evan wants Vera dead, he'll shoot Vera. However, seeing him bother to kidnap Vera into his mansion, it only means Vera has what she wants."

"He's going to torture Vera" David's mind was agitated.

"He can try."

"Boss Margot, what am I supposed to do?"

Margot held up the glass on the table and sipped the orange juice there.

"rest. Soldiers are only useful when he's fit."

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