Marked By The Alpha's Cursed Blue Moon
Chapter 124. Abduction

Chapter 124: 124. Abduction

Chapter Nineteen: Into the Unknown

Maria stood frozen in place, her heart thudding wildly in her chest. Dust still lingered in the air like a dense fog, clouding the vision of the elders who coughed and stumbled about in confusion. Yet strangely, she could see everything clearly.

Her eyes darted around as she clutched the staff of office tightly against her chest. Panic clawed at her throat, but she remembered Mr. Frederick’s words: Stay calm, no matter what happens.

Cries rang out from the elders, pleading for help, their voices desperate and frantic. Then, like shadows slipping through the mist, a group of men emerged. They wore plain black suits and masks that concealed their faces, revealing only their eyes—sharp, steady, and unreadable.

The leader among them, a tall man with broad shoulders and commanding presence, stepped forward. "Maria, please come with us," he said, his voice oddly polite.

Maria hesitated, uncertainty written all over her face, but something about his tone—calm and firm—made her believe they weren’t there to hurt her. She took a cautious step forward, then another, and followed them without resistance.

Still holding tightly to the staff, she wondered why the dust had not affected her as it had the elders. It felt like she was watching everything unfold in slow motion, as if caught in a dream she couldn’t wake up from.

Within seconds, she was ushered into a dark van. One man slid in beside her while another closed the door behind them. The van sped off almost immediately, leaving the confused elders behind in the swirling dust.

Maria sat rigid, her heart pounding against her ribs like a drum. Every part of her body was on alert, every nerve screaming with questions. Unable to hold back any longer, she turned to the man who had spoken to her.

"Hello, sir... are you from Mr. Frederick?" Her voice trembled, but she forced herself to meet his eyes.

He turned slowly to face her, locking his gaze with hers. His eyes were like steel, unreadable and emotionless. He didn’t answer. Instead, he turned away again, as if her question hadn’t been asked.

Fear gripped Maria like an icy hand.

She swallowed hard and clutched the staff even closer. Her mind was racing with possibilities. Had she been tricked? Were these men allies or enemies?

Then, without looking at her, the man spoke. "Maria, you are safe with us. Fear not."

His deep voice vibrated with quiet assurance, but he offered no more information. The silence that followed was thick and tense.

They drove for a while longer before the van finally came to a stop. The door opened and one of the masked men gestured for her to step out. She obeyed, expecting they had arrived at their destination.

But another surprise awaited her. A sleek, black car stood parked beside the van. The leader motioned her towards it. This time, only he and the driver accompanied her.

Maria slid into the back seat, glancing uneasily at both men. The staff of office remained firmly in her grip. She didn’t know where they were going, but she knew she was no longer in control.

As the car pulled away from the quiet road, she turned to the man again. "Please, I don’t mean to disturb you, but can you tell me who sent you and where we are going?"

Her voice was more composed now, though the uncertainty still lingered in her tone.

But again, he remained silent.

He didn’t even glance in her direction. The only sound was the low hum of the car engine and the wind rustling faintly outside.

Maria’s fingers curled tighter around the staff. A part of her wanted to scream, to demand answers, to leap from the moving car and run. But another part knew better. She didn’t know who these people were, but they hadn’t harmed her. Not yet.

He said I’m safe... He said not to fear... she reminded herself.

Still, the silence was suffocating.

So she did the only thing she could: she sat still, her mind spinning, and hoped whatever came next would bring her closer to the truth and not deeper into danger.

***

At the old Orchestra point...

Mason heard the elders scream and he had to rush down towards the direction of their voices and into the path he was asked not to come into after some minutes of hesitation.

The moment he arrived there, he saw those elders on the ground, as he quickly moved around to check for Maria and to his disappointment, she was nowhere to be found.

Mason shouted out to call the rest of his men that were outside the area and immediately they all rushed in, he put about two in charge of the elders and asked the rest to come with him.

They ran to the vehicle, as they drove away to trace the movement of those men that came to abduct Maria and the staff of the office.

Mason and his men drove with urgency with the speed of light, as they finally arrived at the place where the van was parked.

He and his men dropped from the car, as they walked carefully towards the van, with their guns with them.

Once they realized that there was no one in the van, Mason entered the van and checked round if he could be able to see anything that could connect them to those people that took Maria away.

Mason was still checking through the van when he started hearing a sound like a continuous beep.

He traced where the beep was from and he was shocked and scared, the moment he saw what was making such a beep.

It was a timed boom and it has just thirty seconds left on it, as it was counting down.

With a very loud shout, Mason screamed and ran out of the van.

"Everyone runs away, the van is about to explode!" With much urgency and fear, Mason jumped out of the van and uttered those words.

He and all his men that followed him ran far from the van, as they watched how it exploded and nothing can be gotten from the van to trace those that took Maria and the staff of the office away.

Mason took out his phone to put a call through to Beta Gilbert or Bernard, but it was to the shock and surprise of him and his men when they found out that they had no connection on their phones.

"What’s happening here? We are in a deep mess and we need to run for our lives now!" Mason angrily asked, as he quickly ran towards their parked vehicles and his men followed him.

They all got into their different cars, and they followed Mason’s lead with a quick and super fast drive after him...