Leila was numb in Antonio's cold embrace. Everything felt lost to her. Antonio was dying. As she was lost in her depressing thoughts, she was not able to hear the sound of approaching footsteps.

A shadow loomed over her. Her breath quivered. Her hands clutched Antonio's jacket tightly.

There was no way she was going to get separated from him.

Her attempts were useless only because she again underestimated their prowess.

A cold hand wrapped around her wrist. She was effortlessly yanked up and handcuffed behind her back.

"L-LET GO!" She started struggling as it clicked in her mind.

Her screaming died down for a bit as this man threw her over his shoulder. His sharp shoulder blades dug into her skinny stomach uncomfortably. She felt nauseous as her numbed pain awakened. She tried to make desparate attempts to pull herself away but it was nearly impossible.

At the end, she could only look at Antonio's cold body with tearful eyes. She watched until she could not anymore as the man took her to the floor up from there.

Dante had no difficulty in subduing Leila... But he was facing an internal conflict within himself thinking about his next move. But this was a mission and he had no choice but to follow his commander's words.

Dante opened the door of the secret chambers and with none gentleness pushed Leila on the floor.

As she took her time to recover from the fall, he had already walked out. The door slammed shut behind her. She yelped at the loudness and looked back.

Her mind filled with confusion.

"Wh-what?"

"Now who is this?" A raspy chuckle sounded in her ears.

Her breath hitched.

She turned her head to look back. In the amidst of darkness, a large figure was slowly moving in her direction and another was crouching creepily somewhere in the dark, eyeing her with a predatory gaze.

Leila started backing away instinctively.

"Hmm.... It's a young flesh. Isn't it?" Another voice sounded.

"You-you are right!" There was a chilly laugh as the first man agreed.

Her back pressed against the door. She could only stare in horror as two heavily built men appeared in front of her. There was a crazed and creepy look in their eyes. They looked like savages.

"My my my....It's been a while I got a taste of a beautiful young lady." The first man said as he licked his bottom lip slowly. He mostly craved the blood pulsing in her veins.

Leila shivered. Her back was tightly pressed against the door and tears were threatening to spill out of her eyes.

"Are you going to cry, darling?"

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Xever laughed at Leila's misery. He could not help but look at Lucifer. The old man looked like he wanted to tear him to shreds.

"Ah ah ah....Don't get angry so easily. Just imagine Xavier's reaction when he sees the poor little princess he has been protecting for so long is ruined and then, his brother who is already good enough to be dead."

"Imagine how crazy will he become when he sees his remaining brothers die one by one. He will lose the will to live and thus, I will be satisfied.... Tomorrow, there will be no more Lambordi! Only Xever!"

Lucifer stared at him with a silent but seething look. When Xever was not looking, a small smirk formed at the end of his lips.

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Those men crouched down in front of her. Their grime covered hands slithered towards her to touch her, to taint her.

At the same moment, Leila let out a loud scream as tears slid across her cheeks due to the lost hope and despair.

"HELP!!!"

Instantly, the wall in front of them exploded to bits. The concrete floor below them shattered and the men fell along with Leila. Suddenly the door where Leila was leaning earlier, along with the wall, crumbled into the cloud of dust.

A shriek left her lips as gravity pushed her down to her 'supposed' death but a warm hand grasped her cold wrist out of nowhere. Her body dangled in the air for a moment. She was so stunned that she could not react until she was pulled into a familiar embrace.

She did not need to see. She recognized him.

"Z-zach..." She sobbed out and hugged him tightly as he made a run out of there, with her, while swiftly plugging noise cancelling earbuds in her ears. At the same moment, the walls trembled around them and horrible sound of explosion made their bodies shake.

Zach could not respond due to the urgency but he tightened his arms around her naturally.

Suddenly, Zach stopped in his tracks. In front of him stood a group of men, their guns loaded and weapons drawn, their gazes emotionless like a dead body. Their almost robotic kind of moves made Zach narrow his own eyes.

His task was to get Leila out of here and Xavier had ordered him strictly to not indulge in mindless fighting.... He has to follow his words for Leila's safety, otherwise he would have fun in releasing these people from their misery.

Leila sensed their way being blocked but Zach seemed fully relaxed.

As these men rushed at him, Zach only rolled his eyes.

They made it to the siblings in just a blink with their abnormal speed but there was someone who already jumped down between them, blocking the two parties from each other.

Carlo barely glanced at Zach and Leila before motioning with his finger, indicating 'Go' as he lunged at his enemies, effortlessly making quick work of them giving Zach a chance to escape with Leila unscathed.

Zach looked down at Leila as he ran through the memorized layout of this building. He continuously glanced at Leila after few seconds. Seeing her eyes closed and face relaxed, he tucked her more closer to his chest as the explosions around them increased.

He just hoped that he could get her out of here safely before any other incidents occur.

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"What?" Xever gritted his teeth in anger as the screen turned black. Suddenly, Xever felt a tremor in the room which rattled the objects. The tremoring got worst with each second.

"How the hell are they here so early?!" He yelled at Dante.

"This is not possible. Our information can never be incorrect.... It would have taken them atleast 7 more hours to reach here.." Dante was surprised too.

"So if not them, who is this?! They even managed to infiltrate without triggering any alarms! Whatever....Deal with them as I have arranged. This place is going to collapse soon."

"Yes master. They would not be able to leave alive today." With this, Dante ran out of the room while ordering his team to group up who were already ready and attentive.

Xever snorted. His eyes met Lucifer who silently seemed to be taunting him.

"Don't get happy at your sons' perfect little victory. They managed to reach this far because they are eager for their deaths. I will personally see through that little bitch won't escape from here, father...I am going to make sure that she dies along with you."