Bab 519: Playing with fire.

She heard the sound of a whistle and then Bi Cang and Third knife fell to the ground. Majesty leaped out of Bi Cang's hands in time and he landed on one of the shelves. From the shelves, he leaped onto Alix's shoulder and meowed fiercely. It was not the soft meow of a cat but the fierce roar of a male adult lion. At Alix's command, he was ready to attack.

A group of men in black, decked out in full gear like special soldiers with their faces fully covered made their way into the chocolate shop and half-jogged towards her unconscious bodyguards.

Without lifting a finger, Alix activated a special feature of her bag and the two bodyguards disappeared from the floor before they could be touched. She had long prepared for the possibility of having to face off against people from the dark side or members of the Heinrich family.