People call Ember Nile Calderon a lot of things. Sometimes it's the Huntress, Queen of Arrows, the Archeress, or the Lonely Wolf. Those she don't mind. After all, she's one of the most decorated archers of her time. She's a two-time defending champi...
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A/N: This is the last flashback :)
CHAPTER 29: ALTERNATIVE
EMBER'S POV
A few weeks ago...
Hindi ko magawang makatingin sa magkakapatid na alam kong tahimik lang na nakamasid sa akin. Kasalukuyan kaming nasa conference room ng Dagger. I know they're all waiting for my reaction to the load of information they've just given me.
"You're telling me that the shooter's accomplice could be..." Sumandal ako sa kinauupuan ko at hinilot ko ang sentido ko. "That it could be the two people that I trusted? Ang mga taong nagtrabaho para sa akin ng matagal na panahon?"
"Stellan also worked for you for a long time," Thorn said.
"And I still don't believe that he could do something like this. Wala akong maisip na rason para gawin niya ang mga 'to."
"I also don't think that it's him." Sa pagkakataon na ito ay si Axel ang nagsalita. "We conducted a preliminary investigation of the people around you from the start. We didn't dig deep because, at that time, the focus was not on you but on the ranch and your father. You weren't the target. Ang dahilan kung bakit inilayo ka namin sa mansyon ay para maiwasan na mangyari iyon. Kinailangan din naming mas pagtuunan ng pansin ang mga biktima at ang maaaring maging biktima. We also retrieve every piece of information we can about what happened years ago. We were battling with time because we wanted to prevent another murder as much as we could."
They made that clear from the beginning. They moved me to a safe house for precautionary measures, but at that time the priority was to catch the murderer.
Axel continued, "When you mentioned Stellan back at the hospital, I remembered the result of the investigation we did about him and the other people connected to your sport. Nabanggit na niya noon ang tungkol sa credit card mo. Why would he use it to send a poisoned wine to your family when he knows that it could be traced back to you, which will lead us to question him as well because he's the only one who has access to it? At bakit walang kahirap-hirap na ibinigay ni Carlos Gerona ang pangalan niya samantalang kahit anong gawin namin ay nananatiling tikom ang bibig niya sa iba pang mga impormasyon na hinihingi namin sa kaniya?"
"If you already investigated the people around me, that means you already did a background check on Miss Asencio and Cristiano. Why would they be any different with Stellan? What if they're innocent too?"
Tumingin si Axel kay Gun na tinanguhan ang kapatid bago nagsalita, "This case reminded us of my wife's."
"I don't understand. What happened to her was because her manager conspired with her competitor, right?"
"That woman applied for the position of being Lia's manager, and she worked for her for years. A conspiracy might have a different nature for every victim, but it has telltale signs. It is always necessary to begin by lowering the victim's guard. It's vital to their operation because they want to make sure that they will have the best end result. We're confident Gerona and the others were aware of the possibility of being caught. If they know it, then they've already planned how to get away with it."
