Fated to the Cursed Lycan Prince by Dark Knight
Chapter 554 Finding Ashley
Sylvia’s POV:
“I’ll take care of things here. But you must be careful. Vampires are difficult to deal with. In addition to their cunning wit, they also have their special powers. The people we caught aren’t noblemen, just disposable minions. The purer the bloodline is, the stronger the vampire is—such as Hobson,” Leonard warned us seriously. He looked worried.
“I guess that means we really have no choice but to play it by ear.” I sighed resignedly.
“By the way, how’d you reach me before?” Leonard suddenly asked. “The vampires would never let you use a phone. It’d have taken a few days for me to have gotten a letter, too.”
I told him about the strange woman I met in the castle and about Ashley.
“That woman used her special power to send messages for me, and in return, she wanted me to find Ashley for her.”
After figuring out what was going on, Leonard suggested that Ashley go back with the captured vampires.
“I’m afraid we can’t just send Ashley back like this. She was a slave to the werewolves for years, and I’m sure Hobson’s children had something to do with it. She’ll only suffer more if she goes back to them. Most importantly, I think Hobson knows that Ashley is still alive and being slaved,” I said firmly.
Ellis and others would never let Ashley come back so easily. Hearing this, Leonard couldn’t help but curse. “That old bastard is really ruthless!”
“In that case, we shouldn’t give Ashley back. Maybe she can help us during the exchange. Let’s wait and see how Ashley will act after everything is done,” Rufus suggested. “Okay, but we have to ask her what she wants first,” I added.
“Sounds good.”
After everything was settled, Rufus, Warren, and I headed to the basement of the casino.
Flora had complained about this casino countless times. Every time she mentioned it, her eyes were filled with disgust. It was clear that this place had traumatized her immensely.
The casino was nearly torn down by now. It wasn’t as dark as I thought it’d be. Bright lights flooded the whole space.
“There used to be a huge cage there, but now it was torn down already,” Rufus said in a low voice, pointing at the center of the stage.
I looked to where he was pointing and nodded. “Geoffrey put a lot of energy into setting up a cage so big.”
“He didn’t need to use energy. Money was more than enough,” Warren said with a wink.
I couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re right.”
Ever since Warren started dating Flora, he had changed a lot. He was no longer the broody, serious teen he once was. And he even threw in a few witty jabs here and there.
“The monster was released at the swamp,” Rufus added.
“The monster with teeth all over its face?” Truth be told, I was a little curious to see how disgusting this creature was because Flora always g*agged at the mention of it. “Yes, that’s the one.”
As Warren spoke, he led us past a huge screen in the hall and came to a small lounge.
All the original furnishings in the lounge had been taken out and it was transformed into a temporary interrogation room.
All the vampire captives sat hunched over in the hall, waiting for their impending punishment. There were about twenty vampires in total.
They all looked very haggard and weak, perhaps because they hadn’t eaten in a long time.
I looked around and saw Ashley curled up in a corner. She looked like she was in bad shape and was staring blankly ahead.
To my surprise, Flora was also there!
She was standing in front of the dazed Ashley, looking the vampire slave up and down and talking nonstop. I didn’t know what she was talking about.