Hidden Dungeon

The secret passage that Corbin was talking about is inside an old house standing in the woods. It looks like a small hunted house with a very creepy vibes and look. Memory swallowed deep that she almost swallowed her own tongue. She is not afraid to kill or to die but she knows how to be afraid of ghost.

"Of all places that they can put that secret passage, why did they choose this creepy house?". She tried to calm herself while mumbling. Slowly she walks in front of the old house and walked in it's two steps stairs. She really hates the vibe of the place but then again she thought, this is maybe the reason why the passage was put here because no one would dare to come inside this creepy house.

Memory opened the door and a very strong and unpleasant smell welcomes her. She can't tell if the smell is from animal remains or people's corpse. She is used to the smell of blood but not a rotten bodies. She walks inside and started to search the place for any clue or a door. She already took almost fifteen minutes of walking around the house but can't find anything. Her phone vibrates again and she received another message asking about her mission. She starts to text them back, telling them that she found the place but can't find any clue about the secret passage. She sends her reply then sits on a small wooden cabinet then suddenly she heard a squeaking sound beneath it. She tap her feet on the floor and felt a hollow sound coming from that place. She quickly remove the wooden cabinet and saw a round ring handle hiding underneath. She found the secret passage.

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"She found the secret passage". Jack is reading Memory's message after receiving the first one. He almost lost hope when they received her first message of finding the log house but no trace of the secret passage. Then suddenly another message came saying she found it. Another light of hope shines upon them. "Let's move out!".

Jack and his men are now preparing all their weapon. They need to do this because from the previous report that came from Memory, the place is swarming with so many armed men and most of them are hired killers and skilled huntsmen. He knew this is not a simple abduction that needed a lot of money to negotiate. This is a well planned operation that can put all of their life at stake. He knows, he have a lot of competitors and enemies in and outside of the country but no one would dare to cross his path nor goes head to head with him. He thought whoever this person is, he really have a BALLS to deal with him face to face using his own wife. His strength and also his weakness.

If he probably didn't love his wife so much this place is already on the ground a while ago. He never prepared for any battle or war as meticulous as today because he doesn't care for a destructive outcome, as long as he wins that's all that matters. But now every inch of his plan should be think twice. He can't act carelessly or Azalea will suffer.

It took them more than thirty minutes to reach the log house and all of them are in high alert. Some are scouting their perimeter and Jack and the rest of his team went inside the house.

"Sir, this is the door of the secret passage that you mentioned. I've already been down there and the tunnel is quite wide and convenient to use". Memory already reported her findings.

"How's your wound?".

Memory was stunned with Jack's question. She was silent in a moment.

"My wound is fine Sir.... Thank you for the concern". She feels like blushing. She can't believed that the great and mighty Jack Shin will actually asked her if she's okay.

"Good.... I don't want to make my wife sad when she sees you like that". Jack knows how much Azalea likes Memory as KC, the woman she met in the market that pretends to be a freelance photographer but the truth is, she is her personal bodyguard.

Memory smiled slightly. She remembered her true reason of coming in this place, that is to do her job as Azalea's bodyguard. The woman who treated her as a friend from the first day she saw her. "I need to save her". The words inside her mind.

"Is it Ken?". Jack asked her out of the blue.

"Pardon me Sir?". Memory didn't get the question right except for the name Ken she can't understand what Jack is asking her.

"The person who took my wife..... Is it Ken?". Jack bluntly asking her. Although he feels like he wants to disagree with his own thoughts that Ken is the person behind his wife's kidnapping but he can't help himself to think that way because Ken already did it once. He just wants to know if his theory is true.

"Sir..... Mr. Ken Mullen didn't instigate this situation. In fact he is the one that they throw outside the van earlier". Memory is in her most sincere face. She knows Jack will think that Ken Mullen can be the suspect because he is the last person Azalea talks to at the venue.

"What did you say?". Jack was in shock when she told him that the man was thrown outside of the van was Ken.

"He tried to fight back when the group of men is apprehending Mrs. Shin but he is no match to them. They also took him when they thought he is almost dead then throw his body in the freeway outside the city". She told him what really happened before the abduction.

"Corbin, did you find him". Jack became uneasy finding out the truth about Ken specially knowing Ken tried to save his wife on his own.

"Yes sir, he is safe now".

Jack became more worried now. Earlier his thoughts of Ken taking his wife didn't much affect him much because he knows that he will never hurt Azalea because he is in love with her. But now knowing that he is not her abductor means her life is in great danger.

"Let's move people!". Jack lead the way down the tunnel that goes straight to the Villa's hidden dungeon. If his calculations are right the person using the place didn't do a thorough researh about the Villa because if he did, he already put a lot of guard outside the creepy house and probably Memory is already been dead by now.

"Whoever you are, I will surely kill you if you touch even the slightest hair of my wife". Jack swore to himself.