Reborn ghost seeing lady is pampered by her ex husband - Chapter 285

Chapter 285: Oh goodie! Assasins in the city

From the flower cafe, the word started to spread among the founding families, there were witches among them: witches that were stealing the lives of their children and doing all sorts of other nefarious stuff.

The further the story spread, the more it was twisted. Some heard that the witches were cutting out children’s hearts and eating them. Others heard that the witches were bathing in baby blood.

Within an hour, the witches were rumored to have found an elixir for immortality and babies were connected. At the center of the conspiracy, Lindsay Vulcan and Mackie Shuman reigned strong.

Lindsay was captured by disciples from the founding sect before the hour was up but Mackie was nowhere to be seen.

The founding sect and council intervened, sending out a communication banning all founding families from discussing the matter in public or sharing it with ordinary people. They threatened grave consequences to those that did.

But a fire had been lit and putting it out would not be so simple. Suspicions boiled beneath the surface, especially for those who happened to have a baby months after another in the family had lost a child.

Suddenly, everyone that had lost a child rushed to the Mayfair house, hoping to get an appointment with Phoebe to confirm whether their children had been plotted against or they had died a simple natural death.

Phoebe had no idea about the fire which her grandmother had started, she was snoring softly, dreaming of her twins at their first birthday. It was a good memory so she was smiling even in her sleep.

Unknown to her was that in that same city, four Dohwa family assassins that had been hired by a Verdemont to eliminate her had just been apprehended at a private airstrip by two groups that were protecting her in the shadows.

These hidden protectors were hiding so deep that even with all her abilities, Phoebe had not noticed them.

Two of the assassins had been captured by the Elithera men and the other two by Midnight’s men. There was a scuffle between the groups as Midnight’s men didn’t want the Elithera’s to take the captives while the Elithera’s were determined to prove why they were the best in the business.

The scuffle had been going on for a few minutes and it seemed as if there would be no end to it. The assassins were stuck in the middle, being pulled, shoved, pinched and slapped before the real torture could begin.

Even the assassins were confused, hoping they could escape but that was impossible as they were surrounded. They could only wait for the outcome and endure more pinches and slaps.

All sides were masked and armed, the only difference between them was in the color of their outfits. One side was in black and the other green.

“There is no more time to waste, this is Midnight’s territory, hand them over unless you want to start a war with him.” The masked leader of the group in black spoke, his voice was deep and threatening.

“We are only here to help, I need to speak to Midnight. He needs to know that i am here as a friend not a foe, tell him to come by Nouvre apartments, i am sure he will know which room.” A fully camouflaged Luna raised her hands in surrender, she also ordered her men to hand the two captives over.

“I will deliver your message to him, if it pleases him then he will meet you.” Midnight’s men and his group vanished with the captives.

Luna’s people were surprised, it was unlike her to surrender easily. Was she doing it because they were like fish out of water in Citrus or she was afraid of Midnight?

“God damn it!” Luna stamped her left foot, it was going to be hard to carry out operations in the city if she and Midnight didn’t make some sort of agreement. Why was he even interested in the assassin’s? Was it because they were operating in his territory? She wondered.

She was treading carefully because she had no idea who the true Midnight was. She was 90% certain that he was related to David Saxon, which was the only reason why she had actually surrendered the assassins for now.

Luna wasted no time in calling Luke to inform him of the new developments. There plan had been to eliminate the assassins and send a warning to the Verdemonts whom they were sure had sent them but it was now ruined.

She had no plans to give up however, there were other ways to skin the rat.

“Maybe we should kill the Verdemonts.” Came Luna’s suggestion.

A brittle silence hung on the other end of the line, so profound it seemed to stretch the seconds into hours.

Then came Luke’s sharp intake of breath, a sound barely audible yet brimming with disbelief.

“Luna I have told you i am not in the business of killing people! More so carelessly. Which of the Verdemonts are you going to kill then? One? Two? We don’t know which one put a hit on Phoebe.”

Patience was not something that was taught to her but Luna planned to learn it if she was to win Luke over. He was a calculating man unlike her that was impulsive.

As for his question, Luna was thinking of eliminating all of them but she kept that to herself.

“How then do you suggested we proceed?” She asked

“Let’s investigate and find out which of the Verdemonts made the order. You have connections in the Dohwa family use them.” He went silent for a fleeting second. “And Luna, don’t kill indiscriminately, the last thing you want is for ghosts coming after you.”

In response Luna smacked her lips. “Each person that I have killed deserved it trust me.”

She had a rule, no innocents, no children and no women unless they deserved it. Luke hung up because he felt like she was never going to understand until it happened to her.

Luna on the other hand was confident, she had Phoebe, which ghost would dare to touch her?

She got her phone and looked at a moving tracker that she had secretly planted in one of the assassin’s neck. Her intention was to see where they ended up and if her intervention would be needed again.

It was yet to be determined on whose side Midnight was, and until she learned who he was and what his intentions were towards Phoebe, she would not surrender.

“Midnight, Midnight….i will uncover your identity.” she whispered into the night.