Chapter 715 Chaotic Situation (20) Interception
Cecilia glanced around; the eight guards upstairs seemed to have all been killed.
So just how powerful is Dashiell?
The Dashiell who grew up with her, the Dashiell who used to be bullied as a child, had hidden his abilities so well.
Back then, she and Seraphina had to protect Dashiell.
Thinking about how Dashiell used to mock them back then.
Cecilia held her breath, too nervous to think too much.
They took one step at a time, going downstairs.
There were many guards downstairs, some stationed outside the villa.
Dashiell was nowhere to be seen at the moment, but he hadn't aroused the suspicion of the guards downstairs, as the patrol order below remained undisturbed.
As soon as Cecilia, Francis, and Augustus reached downstairs, the guards looked puzzled. "Why is it just you three?"
He meant, where were the guards who were supposed to be watching them?
Cecilia glanced at Francis.
Francis appeared calm, "They're behind us."
"Behind you?" The lead guard was clearly skeptical.
He started to go upstairs to check.
At that moment, a gunshot rang out from behind him, killing him instantly.
The sudden noise filled the previously quiet villa with the smell of gunpowder.
Cecilia, startled, instinctively ducked back.
She saw many guards quickly approaching them, while others rushed in the direction of Dashiell's gunshot.
Dashiell was clearly trying to draw everyone away.
Augustus shielded Cecilia, firing accurately.
One by one, the guards fell in front of them.
Francis also fired his gun.
For some reason, Cecilia felt that these guards weren't really trying to kill them. The guards hesitated when they fired, as if afraid of actually killing them.
Because of this.
Augustus and Francis quickly took down this group of guards. They didn't linger and swiftly ran towards a secret passage.
Cecilia's heart was racing.
She wondered, what about Dashiell?
He had deliberately drawn the guards away; could he still make it back?
Just as Cecilia was worrying, she saw Dashiell suddenly appear behind them.
Cecilia was pleasantly surprised.
After drawing the guards away, Dashiell quickly lost them. He was more familiar with the villa's layout than they were, knowing how to evade and reach the destination.
The secret passage was in a storage room.
Augustus quickly moved the storage cabinet aside and opened the iron door to the passage. "Francis, you go first."
Dashiell quickly said.
Francis jumped into the passage.
Just as Dashiell was about to let Cecilia jump into the passage.
Gunshots suddenly rang out in the room.
Countless footsteps approached.
They were surrounded.
Dashiell was helpless.
He quickly closed the iron door.
Ensuring Francis had entered the passage, he locked the iron door completely.
Francis stood at the entrance of the passage, watching the black iron door close in front of him. He had just seen many people enter the room, saw Dashiell, Cecilia, and Augustus being surrounded, but he was now safe.
Because the iron door had activated its security mode, meaning it couldn't be opened from inside the villa, not even with explosives.
As long as he left now, he would be completely safe.
Francis, helpless, quickly left in the opposite direction from the iron door.
Inside the villa.
Cecilia, Dashiell, and Augustus were captured.
If they had been a second earlier, Francis would have been captured too.
If Dashiell had hesitated for another second, the iron door wouldn't have closed, and Francis wouldn't have escaped.
So now, Francis had been successfully rescued.
The others had no way out.
Dashiell's phone rang.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, he answered it and informed Alaric that Gideon had returned.
It was the only message he could still convey.
He put down the phone and his weapon.
Surrendered.
Gideon looked at Dashiell, Cecilia, and Augustus in front of him.
This unfamiliar man, Dashiell.
He had grown up with Cecilia.
Dashiell had come to rescue Cecilia?
Gideon glanced at the iron door again, expressionless.
So the one who escaped was Harry?
Harry was just a minor character.
Gideon raised his hand.
A guard approached, "Surround the island. I don't believe Harry can escape!"
"Yes." The guard immediately left.
After giving the order, Gideon walked towards Cecilia.
Cecilia was nervous.
Because at this moment, Gideon's face was twisted with rage.
She tried to stay calm.
Gideon glanced at Cecilia. It was the first time he had seen her so afraid of him.
His eyes shifted, and he looked down at the iron door.
He touched it, knowing it couldn't be opened from there.
He said, "I told you not to play tricks."
Gideon spoke to the door, but it was clear he was addressing Cecilia.
Cecilia bit her lip.
"Cecilia, you've really disappointed me!" Gideon turned, glaring at Cecilia.
"I don't want to die either." Cecilia mustered the courage to respond.
"Did I ever say I would kill you?" Gideon raised an eyebrow, "I promised that if I didn't die, you wouldn't either. Did you think I was lying?"
Cecilia chose to remain silent.
Nothing she said now would help.
She was more afraid of angering Gideon.
"Or is it that this has nothing to do with you, and it's all Alaric's doing!" Gideon sneered.
Cecilia looked at him.
"If I hadn't distrusted Alaric, I would have been framed by him! Alaric is really clever, luring me to kill Tomas while sending someone to rescue you. Once you're rescued, he can kill me. Is that it, Cecilia?"
"I don't know. I just know I want to live." Cecilia said each word clearly.
"If you want to live, why can't you trust me once?" Gideon suddenly grabbed Cecilia's chin.
Cecilia felt pain.
She endured it without making a sound, glaring at Gideon.
Dashiell, beside Cecilia, narrowed his eyes.
Just as he was about to take action.
Gideon pointed a black handgun at Dashiell's forehead. "Try moving."
"Dashiell!" Cecilia called out to him with difficulty.
She knew Gideon was at his breaking point.
Because he had been deceived by Alaric!
Dashiell held back, his eyes full of fury.
Gideon released Cecilia.
Cecilia endured, tears welling up in her eyes.
It wasn't that she was weak, but the pain was unbearable.
"Take them out!" Gideon strode ahead.
Numerous guards controlled Cecilia, Dashiell, and Augustus, taking them to the villa's main hall.
The hall was also filled with guards.
Gideon's troops had clearly returned.
Cecilia felt that this time, she was truly in danger.
No matter how capable Alaric was, he might not be able to rescue them.
Should she be grateful that they had just let Francis go?
At least they had protected the person Alaric most wanted to protect.
But what about the child in her belly?
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