Chapter 3: New Players

Some eight thousand miles away, in the city of Londor a young woman was just awakening in a small, neat room.The morning was still fresh and sounds around her were those of the city. She got of her bed and stretched her lithe figure, then went to the bathroom to filled the basin with water. She took a hand full of water and splashed it on her face to get rid of the sleepiness, letting the water run down her cheeks and onto her neck. She had big blue eyes, a sensuous mouth and a head full of lush red hair. Alice may of had an innocent and youthful appearance but her beautiful eyes bore the stamp of intelligence. She gazed at her reflection on the mirror for a second before turning left to full up the tub for a relaxing bath, but suddenly froze in mid-movement and said in an annoyed tone, stop lurking and come out.'

A shadow suddenly appeared and morphed into the shape of a human, the man had a head full of straight silver hair but his beard was still black. His appearance did not make him appear old but instead experienced. The individual that appeared was an assassin named Bruce. He was an assassin working for the Fallen family. A few years ago he was tasked with guarding and traing the family's young miss. General speaking assassins weren't the best fighters, their true strength layed in their stealth and ability to strike the enemy's weakness. Bruce on the other hand was different from most, his was not only and experienced assassin but a skilled swordsman.

"As expected of the young miss, to be able to detected me. "Bruce stated with his head low.

She knew why he suddenly appeared, if he truly didn't want to be discoved then not even she with her natural sharp instincts could of sensed his presence. She turned her head slightly and asked in a emotionless tone, "What is the situation like outside?"

Bruce didn't lift his as he said calmly, "The number of kidnapping cases seems to have greatly stopped all of a sudden, It seems like the Dark Triad have secede their activities in the areas near the city; from what I could gather the Holy Federation seems to have suddenly come into contact with information regarding the Triads numerous hideouts.

Alice was quiet for a while, she was sorting through the information that was given to her. When she finally spoke it was to ask a question, 'Bruce were you able to find out how they found the locations of the Triads hideouts.' Alice decided to ask that question first because from what she knew, the Federation may be powerful but their information network has never been that great. "So how did they manage to find their hideouts?"

She found it quite peculiar, the only way she could see that happening is if they had someone proving them with information from the inside.

Bruce finally lifted his head to stare at the young miss before replying in calm tone, "I have not, they seem to be keeping that information to themselves; but if I were to guess I would say they either managed to capture one of the agents working for the Dark Triad or the Triad has a traitor in their midest.