The Traps of the Black Swan (Book 2)

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A man in his late twenties turned to Tia, "I told you to stop going against him." He and the others were worried their leader might punish Tia severely.

Tia's face softened when she faced others. "I am not his slave." She shrugged despite knowing she had seen their leader amputating the limbs of a rebelling man once.

"But..."

Tia cut in as she grabbed her blazer from her chair, "I will come."

Tia wore the slim-fit formal blazer on her plain T-shirt as she walked out of the room. Instead of a pretty dress, she was in jeans and a simple t-shirt. Tying her hair up in a ponytail, she had left her face free from any makeup other than lip balm. If Tia is a pretty, delicate, soft-spoken girl at the flower shop, this side was sharp-tongued, tough, and daring.

The little mellowness on her face vanished when she knocked on the brown wooden door. She didn't wait for a response from another end as she was asked to be there. She pushed the door open and stepped inside the simple office room.

There was a wooden desk with a few files on it and a leather chair on the other end. The room has stretched towards the right. There was a long, empty table where the team usually gathered for a meeting. The three sides of the wall had pictures and sticky notes.

Tia's gaze swept over the pictures of Ruby Jane. Tia had recently got to know from her team about Ruby Jane. Ruby Jane wasn't just any Evans. She was the daughter of the business tycoon from country S. It sounded simple if one doesn't know the real power of the Evans.

'Jennie Kim to Ruby Jane,' Tia had complex thoughts.

Her eyes brushed over Jisoo and Mino before it halted at Lisa's picture. They found the connection between Lisa and Evans but Jisoo and Mino. Her visit to JL mansion, Skyarc penthouses, and Mino's villa found her no information to gather. They were just like any other friends.

Nevertheless, Tia didn't have time to think any further, and she was late to guard up when she realized she didn't see the leader there.

Tia sensed a swift move behind her. Then she felt a firm grip on her wrist. Her arm was twisted and locked behind her back, and she was pushed against the wall from behind in a mere second. She clenched her teeth, her cheeks pressed on the wall. She directed her attention to her breathing without letting any tiny voice out due to the pain.

'Thud.'

The door latched before the man shifted left behind her to look at her side profile and her emotionless eyes. He was a man in his early thirties, and his steely grey eyes spoke of danger. His little strength was enough to overpower her. He tightened his hold on her hand to hear her groan and to make her beg him but failed in his trial.

"If you are so eager to die, why don't I fulfill your wish?" His dark voice left through his teeth.

Tia took a deep breath. She spun around right under his hold before her left hand slammed on his chest, pushing him away from her. She shook her right hand to relieve some pain glaring at the man who just stood two steps away irrespective of her strength used on him.

"Clark. Behave as a lead. I don't need your concern." Tia smirked.

She knew Clark wasn't aborting their plan due to the threat that might put others in danger. He was afraid of seeing her dead. If she were somebody else, he wouldn't have even thought about their life.

She wanted to complete the work she took up and leave this man aside. She couldn't understand why she got Clark's attention that he unnecessarily cares too much about her. She was pissed off seeing him still seeing her more than as a member of the group when she had already rejected to be his girlfriend... Scratch that, a wife. He had ordered her to marry him.