The Case Puzzle

Chapter 21

A/N: This whole chapter continues in Castiel's perspective.

"So, you're four siblings in total?" Raphael confirmed. I paced restlessly around the room as they were asking the man, Luca, about his family.

"Yes, Alessio is 29 years old, a year older than Angelia and Violetta. I'm the youngest, being 26 years old."

"So your sister, Violetta, is the one controlling everything? Not Alessio? But how come?" Claudius asked, confused.

"Yes-"

"Can we discuss that later?" I interrupted.

"What?" Raphael asked, frowning.

"I believe we have someone to save right now. Discussion and questions are not the priorities," I said, trying hard to keep my calm. Turning to the woman, Angelia, I asked, "Where is she?"

The woman played with her fingers, showing her nervousness as she avoided my glare. "I'm not good with directions," she mumbled.

Before I could say something, she held up her hand. "B-but, she said something! She told me to pass the message that she has the watch. I don't know what she meant though."

I caught the eye of Raphael, his hand searching around in the small drawer next to the sofa. Raphael nodded at me in confirmation and took out his phone. I ran my fingers through my hair, slightly messing it with frustration and walked to Raphael's side.

"If she said that, then she must have turned on the Tracker. It won't be hard to find her then," Lucio commented as he stood up. "I'll call some of the guys to go and inform Mr Ford of the situation as well," he hurried out.

"Do we really need to hurry there without a plan right away? Wherever she's held, maybe she will be there for a while," Luca inserted.

"We cannot be sure about that, you know how careful Violetta is due to her constantly feeling anxious. The place where they are seems normal, in the middle of a peaceful neighbourhood as well. I don't think she'd risk doing anything there. I feel it is only a temporary place to keep Haelyn," Angelia quipped in.

"It must be a place for smooth transit then. They won't stay there for long," I nodded as Raphael worked on tracking the location. The faster we get there, the higher the chance of getting her back.

I tapped Raphael on the shoulder, motioning him to get up, as Lucio popped in again.

"We're ready to go. I arranged for two cars. You got the location?" Lucio asked Raphael as we all followed him out.

"Yeah, I don't know where it is, but it seems two hours away, uptown. We'll find out the exact location the closer we are," Raphael said.

"Can we come along?"

Castiel turned around to face the nervous-looking woman, raising an eyebrow.

"This is a hostage rescue and can be dangerous. So, we cannot take such risk," Lucio said.

Really? She was the one who led Haelyn into that trap and now wanted to play saviour. Why does no one use their brain when needed?

"Right. We'll wait here instead," Luca said, drawing back his sister back by the shoulders.

Ignoring them, I marched to the first car and got into the driver's place. The rest of the men filled in right after, with Raphael sitting in the passenger seat with his mobile in hand.

"Lead the way," I mumbled, trying to calm my hands that were pressing hard on the steering wheel.

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