Alluring Mask - ENGLISH VERSION

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 16

"And last, if you're going to leave our organization, you need to find a replacement, and if you can't find one or you don't want to, we're going to kill you. It's just simple, right? You have a choice, Sarah. Find your replacement, or I'll kill you right now, and if you don't want to be killed, you don't have a choice but to join El Orden Del Abismo."

Is he crazy!? My vision was blurry from the non stop tears streaming down to my cheek. I couldn't stop the sob that escaped my lips and continued to sob uncontrollably in front of him. The gun he was holding was still pressed against my neck.

"Now tell me, Sarah. What do you want? Live or die?" he asked me.

"If you join El Orden Del Abismo, you can help your mother pay off her debt. You can help your family escape poverty. Think wisely. You graduated with the highest honor, yet you can choose the right answer."

"I-I just want to go home, Atlas. Please let me go," I sobbed in response. I couldn't wipe the tears from my cheeks, and I knew my face was completely wet. My hands were shaking with fear as I continued to look up at him while he was now looking down at me.

He chuckled softly at what I said. He shook his head, and I noticed that he moved the gun away from my neck. My heart was racing like crazy, I took the opportunity to escape. I pushed him hard.

I turned around and twisted the doorknob to get out, but I didn't succeed. Three men were standing in front of me, all wearing black fitted polo shirts and black pants, muscular and intimidating to look at because they were all so tall. If I pushed them, it wouldn't make a difference because they were like walls. All three of them were standing with their arms crossed, looking at me emotionlessly.

"N-no... no..." I muttered to myself while shaking my head. Tears streamed down my face again as I looked back at Atlas when I heard his low chuckle.

It's like he expected me to do this. That's why his three men were here, right? He expected me to escape because he knew I wouldn't agree.

"You can't escape, Sarah," I heard Atlas say as he walked towards me.

I gasped for air as I felt like my vision was spinning. I could barely hear what he was saying, and I was going deaf because I felt like I was going to faint.

"You're trapped here... you're trapped in this organization."

My knees weakened, and my eyelids felt heavy. I felt myself fall to the floor and was completely swallowed by darkness.

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I quickly sat up in my bed when I woke up and automatically looked around. It only just occurred to me that I wasn't in my own room. I was still in Atlas' basement. I looked down at the clothes I was wearing. I was still wearing the same thing, and it hadn't been changed.

I was in a small room. The walls were painted white, and there was a glass window near the closed door. The only furniture in here was the bed I was lying on a moment ago and a small table with a chair beside it, where a mini digital clock was placed. It was 7 am in the morning, and I woke up in Atlas' basement. I stood up and looked out the glass window, my brow furrowed when I saw a room just like mine across from me. There was no one there, but the light was on inside.

I tilted my head to look for the end of the hallway, but there was none. It seemed like I was in a different part of Atlas' basement. I sighed as I felt my hair stand on end. It was accompanied by the cold breeze coming from the split-type air conditioner as I remembered what happened before I passed out.

Am I never going to get out of here? So many questions were running through my mind because of what Atlas said. Did someone put me in their organization? I don't know who did it, and I don't know why they needed to involve me.