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In the middle of the night, sitting on a concrete fence, Michelle swung her legs carelessly while Ivona paced around the top of the wall anxiously. "Where are they? You said they would come here at midnight. The moon's already high up, so where are they?" she glared at Michelle, but she just smiled and leaned back a bit.

"They were here from the start..." Michelle finally spoke, her voice a soft hum, carried through the space by the wind, as she lifted her arm and pointed to one of the small buildings next to the Ostrich family's mansion.

Looking where Michelle was pointing, Ivona frowned. "How can you know they are there?" she asked with a frown.

At first, Michelle didn't feel like speaking, but seeing the daggers in Ivona's eyes, she sighed. "I have better hearing than you. While we were behind the bushes, hiding from the Ostrich family's patrolling guards, I overheard them speaking about 'two bastards' who were captured by the General."