Difficult assignment

Alec and Tobin took with them, the sleep potions prepared by Zain and the written plan of the mission. They went back to the secret lair, where the volunteered comrades were waiting. Zain had reminded them beforehand, not to exclude the girl kidnapped by De voe, from the equation. On getting to the lair, they met the comrades extremely annoyed with both of them, for keeping all of them waiting all night long in the lair. They were all complaining, everyone was talking at the same time, stakes were getting high, and some of them even left in anger.

"How could you Alec?" complained Ruby brusquely, "How could you just let this kid mislead you into abandoning your friends," she said to Alec, who stood there speechless.

Turning to Tobin, she said,

"After volunteering to help you satisfy your selfish aims this is how I'm treated in return."

"Guess what? I'm leaving," she said, in an attempt to leave.

As she attempted to cross the door, someone held her back, stopping her from leaving. Staring back to see who it was that held her, lo and behold, it was Tobin holding her back by the wrist. She was in open-mouthed disbelief because she least expected it to be Tobin.

"Ruby," he called, "You can't just turn your back on us, we need you."

"We are not just doing this to save my parents, we want to try to take back our kingdom from the grip of a murderer. We can't sit back and watch our home being torn apart, we've got to get up and do something. I don't know about you, but I'll be damn to let De voe achieve his evil deeds, not on my watch, not without a fair fight," said Tobin.

Ruby stood there and thought for a while, then she slowly stepped back in, remaining silent. The others were still complaining and yelling at the top of their voices.

"Silence!" shouted Alec, summoning their attention, and calling them back to order.

There was graveyard silence now.

"Seriously, can't you all at least, hear our sincere apologies?" he said.

Low mumbles and hums of whispers were hovering around.

Tobin cleared his throat, signaling to them to pay attention.

"My sincere apologies to every one of you, for keeping you all waiting for so, and inconveniencing you, I'm very very sorry," said Tobin.

"Also, I so much appreciate each and every one of you, for waiting patiently for our return."

"We had to pay a visit to a friend, who contributed greatly to this mission, by helping us devise a clever strategy to take on De voe," said Tobin.

After he said this, audible rumbles of murmur and hums saturated the place once again, threatening to tense up the place.

"Listen, every one of you," said Alec, "We are outmatched and outnumbered, De voe's men and too many, but we still stand a chance against them, a chance to outpower them, but that can only happen, by we sticking together."

Alec went further to interpret the plan to the hearing of all of them, splitting them into groups, and assigning each their duty.

"Do not forget all of you, that our primary aim is to release Tobin's parents from the brewery, and also, the girl from the castle. Any other secondary motive, such as apprehending De voe, should come to play after we're done with our sole aim," said Alec at last.

The next day they set out for the proposed mission. Alec first sent out Dina, a female comrade, to go and spy on the brewery, then return to the lair with feedback, before they can go. Dina was the most suitable person for the assignment, being a woman in her early twenties, who possesses stunning beauty, very attractive in every significant way. Alec knew that the guards would surely fall for her, so he directed her to use her attractive appearance as a means of gaining access to the building.

Dina went early to the brewery side when the gatekeepers were just out. She was wearing a sleeveless silk gown, which clung to her bare skin underneath, revealing her body and curves, exempting only a bit of the detail. She took a deep breath, then walked slowly past the gates, swiveling her hips from side to side offensively, and making seducing eyes at them. She was trying her best to draw their attention. She leaned her back against the wall of the building, caressing her hair, deliberately. She winked at one of the men, who had been seriously staring at her. She sensed that he was already into her. The gatekeeper staring at Dina tapped his colleague on the side and signaled at Dina with his eyes.

"Would you look at that," he said to his colleague.

"Oh my, god she's beautiful, I can just imagine how she would be with the clothes off," said his colleague.

"Don't even think about it, I saw her first," he argued.

"Oh look, here she comes," said the colleague.

Dina passed by again, this time she was called by the gatekeeper that was going at her earlier. She came to answer him.

"You called me," she said, with a low enticing voice.

"Yes I... I did," stuttered the gatekeeper.

She sensed he was off his guard, so she came closer to him. Looking into his eyes.

"What is a beautiful maiden like you doing all by yourself in the restricted area?" he managed.

Dina giggled.

"Well the breeze here is so cool, so I just wanted to cool my beautiful soft skin," she answered softly, creasing her arms.

"Please can you help me twitch my arm, I think I have a dislocated shoulder," she said, pretending to be favoring her arm.

"Okay let me help you with that, then you can go," he said to her.

He took her arm and messaged it.

Dina directed his hands down to her breast.

"Mmh...Yeah, that's the spot, it's paining me," she said, moaning deeply.

The gatekeeper didn't question her or get reluctant, he just continued doing what he was told to, gaining some pleasure as he did, cautiously looking around to check if someone else was watching.

"Can you take me somewhere warm, so you can do it well for me? It's getting cold out here," she said.

And like that she was in.

Inside an empty room, they entered. The gatekeeper couldn't hold himself any longer. They kissed for so long. Dina tried not to get so deep, she knew why she was there. He kissed her lips, each individually, he went down to her neck, kissing it softly and his hands creasing round her back. She kept moaning under the pleasure, trying hard not to succumb. This was indeed a difficult mission assigned to her. His hands reached her already erected nipple, feeling its warmth and the throbbing of her heart beneath his hand. He circled them with his tongue, licking them softly. Dina was trying hard not to go deeper with him. Apart from the mission, she didn't want to give out herself so easily, to a total stranger. But escaping this one was almost inevitable. He seemed so eager to have her, like that was impossible to let go. Slowly he began to pull up her silky gown, feeling her ripe bottom as he did. She forced herself free from him.

"Come on let's just do this," he sounded with desperation.

"But my father..." she muttered, with raw panic in her voice.

"How will he know?" asked the gatekeeper.

"He may be looking for me," she said.

She quickly pushed him to the side and reached for the door. Hopefully, it was open. She ran out of the room, and down the passage. Now that she was finally free of him, she took her time studying the movements of the people around, and where each door led to. Since the place was busy, no one suspected her. After getting enough information, she made her way to the gate, and out of the building. She rushed back to the lair and narrated her experiences to the hearing of everyone.

With the information from Dina, Alec sent out the next group. They all changed to dirty and torn clothes, making them look like slaves. A long chain was linked to all of them, bounding their hands. Tobin was to hold the chain at the end, dragging them with him.

"You don't have to show any sign of intimidation," advised Alec, "If they question you, tell them that the master sent more laborers, say it like you mean it".

As Tobin went with his group, Alec went as well with his, to hijack a cart of grapes. He went with Jay the giant, and a few other men. They all hid by the bushes beside the way and waited for the arrival of the men bringing the grapes. After a long wait, they spotted three men, coming with their loaded carts, distances away from each other. Alec waited motionless, behind the thick tall shrubs. The first man passed with his cart, followed by the second. The third one was the target, they were all set to attack him. As soon as the cart came close, Alec creeped out behind the man, delivering him a soccer punch, at the jaw. The man staggered, he was taken with an element of surprise. Without wasting any time, Alec wrapped his arms tight around his neck, and dragged him inside the bushes, handing him over to the others, who made him pass out and tied him up to a tree. Alec then took the cart and pushed it to the brewery. Reaching there, the gatekeeper stopped him, glancing over him with a suspicious look. He had some sleep potions inside the baskets of grapes. His heart hammered in his chest, he prayed that they wouldn't search it.