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Manor.

Lucia was detained shortly after Hugo came back.

She began to panick. She never thought that it would end up that way.

She paced back on forth inside the room which  contained her. She didn't have a clear conscience and afraid as she knew that Augustus will make things difficult for her.

That man had a strong aura of a ruler. His intimidating aura when unleashed could cause anyone to tremble with fear.

Everytime the man will visit her and Louise, his demeanor changes and he's more intimidating.

She was lost in her thoughts, thinking of how she can explain things to him.

She didn't have other choice.

Her parents.

They were the only ones who kept her going. She thought that her parents were safe as they migrated to country Y shortly after she moved to country S.

When she received that video last night, it scared her.

Her father whom doted her was begging mercy for her mother.

She slumped down and all her strength sapped away as she thought how cruel and vicious that woman named Stacy Chang could be.

And when she thought how she betrayed Louise, she shivered with fear. Her future seemed so bleak now.

***

Hugo found her cellphone under the pillow. He immediately sent it to Augustus.

Augustus opened the phone and found a short video of a couple resembling Lucia.

On the video, the man was tied up on a chair while the woman was violated by several men in front of him. Later on, he was beaten up severely by those men.

The woman was not moving and blood was all over the floor.

The man crawled towards the woman as he could not move. His kneecaps were broken by those men and even his fingers were broken.

The laughter of those men behind the camera were glaring but the man continued to crawl towards the woman.

When he was close, the man dragged him back to the corner and rained punches upon him.

He then vomitted blood and the man stopped what he was doing.

The man walked towards the unmoving woman and began undressing.

It seemed that the woman regained a little bit of consciousness but she was violated again.

She cried and begged weakly but the man continued.

Then the video abruptly ended.

Lander wanted to curse.

What an animal! His hands were formed into fist and hammered the white walls to vent his anger.

Augustus showed no signs of anguish. He searched the phone with messages.

Surely enough, there was a message that was from country P.

"Agitate Louise..." It was just a single phrase but the meaning of it was clear as a day.

He also found that a number from country P sent a message dating yesterday.

"Take Louise out or die."

So, his appearance yesterday foiled their plans.

He checked the messages on the phone but he only found two.