Auction IX

Knowing Inigo's sick humor, he was confident that Zoey and Nikolai wouldn't retreat. The reason the guards that were standing by the side of each row let her go.

Zoey was prepared to come at them. But, they didn't say a word when Zoey stood up from her seat. Even when she exited the hall, no one stopped Zoey.

'Matty, where are you?' Zoey wondered as she hastened her pace. At the last exit door, Zoey halted as she witnessed the guard on the door getting shot.

'Inigo's men? Matthew's? Nikolai?' Zoey discreetly took a step back.

There were just too many pawns that a chessboard could occupy. In her mind, she believed there were three forces at the moment: Matthew's, Nikolai, and Inigo's.

"Miss Zia?" Not long after, Zoey finally got her answers.

One man in a tux approached her. "We already know about the infiltration. Come this way."