Two-Faced Man (1)

There weren't even roads in the mountain but paths filled with dirt in the dense forest. If there hadn't been broken trees branches and the messy grass in the mud, it would have been impossible to tell this had been a road.

These men were wearing military boots, so passing through these mountain roads was like a walk in the park for them. Rain McConnell was glad that she had sneakers with her today. Although she had been stumbling, at least she managed to keep up with their steps.

After around three hours of walking up the mountain, the sun hadn't gone down, but the heavy forest turned way dimmer.

All of a sudden, Chris, who was in front, stopped moving forward and gestured to others behind. Seeing this, the whole team tensed up right away. One of them then covered Rain's mouth and forced her to crouch to the ground. After the man leading the way observed and said something, Chris gave another hand signal. Seeing his sign, the others in the group finally relaxed and dropped their guard.

Realizing that they were at the checkpoint of the secret sentry, Rain was shocked. It seemed that the criminal group who kidnapped her was more organized than she had imagined. A road appeared further on after they passed through the secret post hidden in the dense forest.

There was a vast and peculiar wooden gate that spanned over the road. This unique wooden gate was supplemented with beast patterns, carved in rough and primitive colors, carrying a serious and mysterious atmosphere to this place.

Arriving at the entrance, every man in the group respectfully took off their hats and saluted toward the gate. After the gesture, they boarded the jeep parked under the gate and kept going.

During this long time living in Tughland, Rain heard about Ekha People living in the mountains in the country's northern side. The Ekha People strongly believed in the god of the gate, and this wooden door was built to ward off evil spirits, so no one dared to offend their protector. After analyzing the situation, she was sure that they kidnapped her to the Ekha tribe.

However, Rain didn't have too much time to think about anything. There was a giant complex built on the mountain far ahead on the hill. The red spires were hidden in the dense forest as the wide stone paths, pure white walls, and heavy carved wooden doors and windows were vaguely visible.

At this moment, the sun had set almost below the horizon, showing a glimmer of light before it went down. The torchlight on the outskirts of the buildings was blazing, but the malicious flames made the green twilight sky seem to be even colder and indifferent.

The jeep cars continued to move on the road, where checkpoints and machine guns were set up. Before letting them drive into the small city-like tribe, the guard people came up to check the vehicles and saluted Chris and Xavier.

Rain had always thought that the Ekha tribe lived deep in the mountains, so their living conditions should have been pretty under-developed and shabby. Out of her expectations, the buildings were sophisticated and organized, and the city was rather well planned.

Their car followed the road to the north, stopped at the courtyard of the most massive and highest-lying house in the city's iron gate. There were finally no more checkpoints and weapons anymore. After Chris rang the video doorbell, the iron gate slowly opened.

He returned to the jeep car.

The jeep entered the courtyard and made a detour, stopping in front of the sculpture in the garden. The whole group left the car, and someone grabbed Rain's arms to push her out of the vehicle.

Chris turned to look at her and tilted his head at the big man holding her. After understanding his meaning, the man harshly gripped her arms and hailed her violently in a different direction from the others.

An intense fear took over Rain's heart, for she knew that the man was taking her to Chris' room. His earlier words on the boat and the other men's filthy and lusty eyes made her couldn't imagine what kind of tragedy was waiting for her.

Rain desperately struggled, but his strength had an overwhelming advantage. Her resistance turned the big man impatient, so he caught her body and hung her like a chick on his shoulder to haul her away.

"Wait a minute."

A slow and calm voice came from behind, and the big man stopped, dropped Rain down, and looked at Xavier respectfully. Chris also paused at the iron gate, whipping his head, and stared at him with confusion in his eyes.

"Chris, you already quite a lot of women. It's rare that I am interested in this girl, so why don't you do me a favor and give her to me as a gift?"

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