His Devious Rule



It took a moment for Anya to see that the silhouette running towards her wasn't Alvin. The dark figure looked bulkier than Alvin's slender, muscular build. She wanted to consider the winter clothing layers, but she couldn't accept it as the man appeared much taller than Alvin as he approached.

When the man approached the car, Anya wasn't sure who he was or how he knew her nickname. He knocked on the window and pointed at his mobile screen.

Anya saw a foreign language on the screen that said 'Boss.' She rolled the window down just enough to slide the mobile inside and receive it.

She held it to her ear and cautiously spoke, "Hello?"

A firm and unyielding voice came from the other end, "[Little Donut, they can take you out of Garnet if you're trying to escape.]"

Anya: "..."

She understood why the man uttered Little Donut. It was to drop her guard down. Her momentary relief, realizing that the man wasn't Alvin, disappeared as it was Alvin's men. 

Alvin had become somewhat more sensible after her warning, but he was still worried about her and involving himself in her mission.

There was a fine line between worry and distrust, and Anya forced herself to believe that Alvin was genuinely concerned. However, his persistent prying was slowly testing her sanity. 

She wanted to scold him but grunted in response and refrained from continuing the conversation. She didn't have time to convince him to let her handle her things on her own. 

She handed the mobile back to the man as she instructed Jackson, who was holding his breath as if he was holding his life, "Get down." Then she exited the car as well.

Addressing the man who had been waiting for her, she asked, "Help me throw that man over to the other side."

All the men who heard her: "..."

Miles Johnson looked at the tall wall, approximately ten feet high, and his battered body. Did he resemble a ball to her?

Anya pulled Miles out of the car and reversed the car before heading to a junction. Shifting the gear to neutral, she tied the steering wheel to avoid it moving. Then she got out of the moving car. 

The car continued to slowly move southwards. She was using it to divert the attention of the cops and prevent them from following her too closely.

When she turned to the men, she flinched, witnessing the two men holding Miles's limbs. They swung him for a moment and tried to throw Miles Johnson over the ten-foot wall while standing above the car. 

Miles was slammed against the wall but failed to reach the height. He fell hard on the ground with a loud cry.

Anya: "..."

She commanded them to throw Miles to the other side. That doesn't mean they should throw Miles like a sack of sand. One of the men could have climbed the wall and pulled Miles.

Miles was not an innocent man to make her feel bad for the pain he was going through. Thus she ignored him and rushed to the wall and scanned her surroundings.

She wasn't able to spot any trees or other useful objects that could aid them in climbing the wall. If she couldn't take Miles away, she could hand him over to Alvin's men. 

With those thoughts in mind, she instructed Jackson and the two men who were scratching their heads, "Just run towards these men, step on their palms. They will give you the momentum to jump. Hold onto the wall and get to the other side."

The men were ready to follow her every order since they had been tasked with keeping her safe at the cost of their own lives.

Meanwhile, Jackson: "..."

She could climb without support. But to teach Jackson, "Watch and learn," she instructed. 

She ran over and stepped her right foot on their interlaced arms. They tossed her, and she managed to effortlessly land on the wall, but she had to crouch down to avoid attracting attention from afar.

She noticed a car not far from their location. [Dot, 200 meters ahead.] The man noticed her and drove the car closer.

Jackson failed on his first and second attempts, but he eventually managed to hold onto the wall. Anya pulled him up and told him to jump over the car.

She glanced at Miles Johnson, who was writhing on the ground in pain. She asked without an ounce of pity, "Miles Johnson, do you want to be my guest or Alvin Matthews's guest?"

Alvin had sworn to throw Miles into the ocean if Anya wasn't on a mission against him. Miles had to choose between living as a criminal or being tortured to death and becoming food for the sharks.

Miles stopped groaning and looked at the slender frame on the wall. He knew his life was over. Anya will handle him legally and throw him behind bars. 

While there might be a chance for him to escape her clutches due to complex laws, he had no hope if he fell into Alvin's hands. Alvin would erase him from the world.

Although he hated the idea of going to prison and tarnishing his reputation, he could still live in another country if he managed to escape. Thus, he stood up and groaned. Struggling a few times, he managed to hold onto the wall.

Alvin's men tried to push him, standing on a car. Dot helped Anya pull Miles onto the wall. But both didn't care to balance Miles, and the latter fell roughly to the ground.

Miles cried in excruciating pain, feeling all his bones broken.

Anya glanced at Alvin's men once and could only say, "Thank you." They shouldn't be present in the regency where she had killed nearly fifty men. "You should leave."

Anya saw them bow to her before she jumped into the car. They shoved crying Miles into the car trunk, and Dot drove them towards the safe house, following the map.

Anya began working on her laptop to see if Narnia spies in Country E could help them obtain a fake identity card and proof for Miles. 

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In a luxurious five-star hotel,

Alvin paced in the suite, unaware of Anya's whereabouts. He could have helped her return to Narnia. He began to wonder how she would manage to take Miles out of the country since Miles hadn't arrived legally.

Rob, who was busy with the process of transferring the crown to the museum, verified the museum's security for the fourth time and hung up the call. He turned to his boss, who seemed unusually worried. 

Although they had successfully diverted many cars by using the cops who were guarding the Crown, the cops had noticed numerous fresh tire marks leading to abandoned townships.

Identifying the suspicious activity, they alerted another group of cops who rushed to the regency to investigate while the crown was being safely transported to the museum.

Observing Alvin pacing without touching his dinner, Rob finally voiced his opinion, "Boss, Young Madam will be safe." Instead, Alvin should be worried about Anya being angry at them for flying a drone over the Garnet township and following her despite her warning.

Alvin left Rob speechless with his mutter, "She skips meals when working."