บท 7: Ill-fated Relationship

Raine's team arrived at her location at around 2 PM after she activated the tracking device on her bracelet. She was all dressed up, and the corners of her lips curved upwards at the sight of the clothes the lollipop boy bought for her. They fitted snugly on her body even the underwear.

"Such a stalker…" she murmured in amusement as she walked out of the small hide-out. Located in a rural area, it was the perfect hiding spot.

"Princess Raine."

Greeting her with utter respect, her Moonlight Squad formed a straight line outside. They greeted her in chorus as they stood resolute.

Facing the sky, Raine closed her eyes as she stretched her arms up. The movement made her exhale in relief.

"Ahhh…"

She slowly opened her eyes, covering them with her palm against the sun's rays. It was so bright and hot, and it had been a while since she was out at that hour. For her, daytime was her resting and sleeping hours. While at night, she spent her time hunting… Making sure to eliminate as many fiends as she could and keep their existence hidden from humans.

Pulling out the lollipop in her pocket, she peeled the wrapper before popping it into her mouth.

"We already secured the place and hacked all the CCTV footage, Boss," Lyne, the Deputy Squad Leader, reported.

Moonlight Squad had fifteen elite members, including Raine as their Squad Leader. Raine personally chose these members consisting of seven women and seven men. Like her, they were all trained to fight and kill for the clan since they were kids. They were the best amongst the best in their line of work from Moon Clan.

"Search it upside down! I want you all to track that man down!" Raine commanded. "He stole the booklist from me, and he's our top priority! Hunt him down!" she ordered. "Although…I want him alive. That Lollipop Boy still saved me last night."

"Got it, Boss," Lyne answered, curious about who could be the man who saved their Boss. For now, they only knew him as Lollipop Boy! He seemed to know their Boss, seeing how he left a lollipop that their Boss loved in her mouth!

Raine walked towards the car and entered the vehicle. Through the car window, she watched as her squad penetrated the house.

"Boss, you already have a lollipop," Levi, the Moonlight Squad Driver, commented. He usually handed his Boss her variety of lollipops whenever she would enter the vehicle after accomplishing a mission. Levi was no ordinary driver. He could operate all kinds of transportation. He was also her best hacker.

"Oh yeah. The man who saved me left it on the table," Raine casually answered.

"I think this is a new flavor though. It tastes like mint."

Raine rested her back comfortably on her seat then fell in deep thought. She encountered three interesting men that one night… the silver-haired man whose lap she sat on, the fainted heart man who saw her killing bodyguards, and the lollipop boy who saved her.

"I want you to look for the man wearing a black polo shirt last night inside The Haven Club," Raine instructed Levi. That man caught her attention and interest, so she wanted him on her side. "He has smoking-silver hair with bluish-gray eyes. I want his profile pronto. Also, there's someone I recognized as well. But I'm not sure if he will remember me…" she scoffed.

"Geez. I can't believe that he was also inside the club," Raine annoyingly added.

"Someone you know?" Levi asked in disbelief. "Who?"

'Who could be that lucky man who witnessed the Boss stripping her clothes live?' Levi silently envied that man. Their Boss went on that mission on her own last night because she didn't want any of her squad members to watch her strip dancing.

"It's Doctor Rui Dee from Yang Global Hospital at country D," Raine murmured. "Damn… I still can't believe that he saw me and watched me stripping!" She was so annoyed at how the man witnessed her in her killing mode as well.

"I will erase his memory," Levi stated.

Erasing one's memories was nothing to them. They could do it anytime they wanted with the use of a magical powder. They would only need to blow said powder at them. The person would then lose consciousness for exactly five seconds, after which they would just whisper a chant into their ear the things they wanted that person to forget. Once the person regained consciousness, the particular memory would be wiped out as if it never even happened.

The Princess was using another identity outside the Mirage group, currently donning the persona known as Doctor Candice Yao, a pediatrician at country D. Their princess loved kids, so she took up medicine specializing with kids as one of her front outside the underworld group.

"No! Let it be. He's harmless for now. The Mirage group won't be compromised so long as he won't recognize me later," Raine said with a devious grin on her face. "I will do it personally. I'll be the one to decide on when to erase his memory once I get back to work at Yang Global Hospital. Let me have some fun when I return to country D. I can't wait to torture him for a bit longer together with his friend Xander Yang."

The Boss had a mission at Yang Global hospital. It was why she recently entered the hospital in country D as the new head of the Department of Pediatrics in the first place. Right now, they were going to head to the airport to go back to country D so the Boss could proceed with her other objectives.

Levi did not comment and instead quietly searched for the man his Boss was asking for through his laptop. He also made some phone calls to ensure that he got the details the Princess needed before Lyne finished clearing the area.

After a few minutes, Lyne, together with the team, was out of the house. Raine opened the window as Lyne approached the car.

"Princess, the area is clean," Lyne reported. "We can't find his trace except for the time bomb he planted."

"He's complicated as always," Raine chuckled before giving out her commands. "Blast the house, and let's get out of here."

Closing the window, Levi stepped on the gas to leave the area as soon as Lyne got on the passenger seat. A few seconds later, the whole house exploded behind them.

'He worked flawlessly…' Raine mused in her seat. She knew that she and the lollipop boy were meant to cross paths in due time. She could still remember how the lollipop boy's eyes burned with revenge even in her dreams. Would they end up killing each other the next time they met?

Raine heaved a long deep sigh, "What an ill-fated relationship..."