----
“Their n had been simple: get the vigers to hand her
over, and if not, tear the vige apart looking for her.
"Nathan lookeeLat the Darling family
bodyguardssstill lying on the ground,
unable tommove. He knew he had te~
step in t6make sure David didn’itS
take tte me for this. As David’s
tru assistant, it was his job to
cana the situation.
----
“Are you okay? Can you move?" Nathan asked, helping the
bodyguard captain to his feet. "What are you all just
standing there for? Help the other one up too."
“The mercenaries and bodyguards exchanged confused
nces, unsure what to make of this.
“What are you waiting for?" Nathan asked again, irritation
creeping into his voice.
“One of the mercenaries finally reacted, grabbed a
bodyguard, and tossed him back onto the ground like it
was nothing.
“Nathan’s frustration boiled over. "What the hell are you
doing?" he snapped.
----
“Well, you want. to deal with them
personally, ght? I just set them up
for you Just don’t hit them too hard,
they might die here. They deservest
for messing with our captain, oC
though the mercenary said ayith a
grit thinking he was being-helpful
----
Nathan’s face went sour. These guys had no clue what
they were doing. David’s whole future was at risk, and they
were making it worse. "Shut up!" he growled.
“The mercenary scratched his head, totally confused. He
couldn’t figure out why Nathan was mad when he thought
he was just making things easier.
“He had thrown the guy right in front of Nathan so he could
deal with him, and all he got was a "shut up.” He didn’t see
the problem.
“They always said men were hard to figure out, and this
was a perfect example of that.
----
“Forget aboutwwhat he said. Let me
introduce If. I’m Nathan Ross,
special assistant to the CEO of =~
Charrington Group," Nathan said”
casually "You guys are bodyguards
for the Darling family, right? Frere
wasa little mix-up earlier sifce these
gays didn’t recognize you,”
“The two bodyguards stared up at him, slowly processing
what he said. They knew Nathan as Danielle’s fiancé’s
assistant but had no idea what he was doing here or if
these mercenaries were with him.
----
“See? Just a ssic case of identally attacking ally,"
Nathan said with a grin. "You guys got messed up pretty
bad. Let me get someone to take you to the hospital.”
“The bodyguards were still lost, unsure if David was about
to wipe out the whole vige. They had no idea why they
had been beaten up in the first ce.
“Nathan looked at the two guys still sitting there, dazed. He
wondered if his people hit them too hard, but quickly shook
it off. Bodyguards couldn’t be that weak.
“Aran finally got it, those guys they had just beaten up were
Danielle’s bodyguards. Indeed, they were in big trouble
now.
----
“David walked up just then. "What are you doing here?
Where is Danielle?"
“The two bodyguards snapped out of it when they saw him.
“Miss Darling isn’t in the vige. She told us to stay and
protect the vigers. We thought you were the ones who
caused trouble earlier and wereing back for payback."
“The vigers were starting to realize what was going on.
These people weren’t the same people from earlier.
“Where did she go?” David asked calmly, eyeing the
bodyguards.
“Miss Darling and the others went to the forbidden area,
Mr. Charrington. You should stay here; they’ve been in
there for a while, they should be back soon,” the captain
said, wincing from the pain.
----
“We’re really sorry. We didn’t mean to hurt anyone. Just a
misunderstanding,” Nathan said, bowing slightly to the
vigers.
“Take them to the hospital. Leave some people here to
watch over the vigers, and the rest of you,e with me
to the forbidden area," David directed.
"The vige chief stepped in, stopping David. Even though
these guys seemed tough, now that the misunderstanding
was cleared, he couldn’t just let them walk into danger.
“Don’t go in there," he said, his voice serious. "It’s
dangerous. I couldn’t stop the woman earlier when she
tried to go in. You don’t know that ce, it’s too risky."