The sky was raining heavily.
Esteban Zaragosa lay unconscious in the dark playground, the rain beneath him stained bright red.
Claudio Belles arrived in a hurry with surprise and anguish in his eyes.
“Esteban Zaragosa!”
Esteban Zaragosa blurred the sound of a woman’s voice, the rain was hitting his eyelids, he lifted his heavy eyelids and a slender female figure appeared in his weak vision.
He smiled faintly and his voice was hoarse and weak as he murmured, “Dulcina, you’re back.”
Claudio Belles fell to his knees in the rain and helped him up, his eyes sore, “Esteban Zaragosa you are a fool! Why didn’t you defend yourself when you were wounded like that?”.
Claudius Belles threw it hard on his back and, in the pouring rain, the tall thin woman, carrying a tall man on her back, took a step out of the dark pavilion.
“Esteban Zaragosa, hang in there, if you die, who’s going to save Dulcina Calvo!”
Claudius Belles was always calm, but with the man on his back, the blood was still pouring out of his chest and even though it was raining, Claudius Belles could feel the warmth of his back.
“Esteban Zaragosa, I’m telling you, don’t expect me to help you save Dulcina Calvo! Dulcina Calvo’s salvation can only be done by you!”
“So you must live!”
“Esteban Zaragosa can you hear me?”
The Dark Court, with its many buried eyes and ears, is also dotted with secret guards.
The head of the dark guards stopped Claudius Belles in his tracks, “Black Rose, are you really going to betray the organization, betray His Excellency and save this traitor?”
Claudio Belles placed Esteban Zaragosa on the ground, drew his pistol and pressed it against the temple of the head of the dark guards: “Escort me to Esteban Zaragosa!”
“Claudio Belles you are mad! You are betraying! Do you know what betrayal entails? You will be haunted for the rest of your life for an eternity!”
Claudio Belles scoffed, “Didn’t you say you liked me? Now I’m in danger, will you help me?”
“Claudius! You are in apostasy!”
Claudio Belles laughed contemptuously: “So your tastes are worthless. Cut the crap and help us out, if you don’t help me date Esteban Zaragosa, I’ll kill you now!”.
“You’re crazy! Esteban Zaragosa is worth it! He doesn’t want you at all!”
“It doesn’t matter if I love him or not, he has saved my life countless times and I have to save him! You know I’ll do what I say, if you don’t act, I’ll put a bullet in your head for real!”
A hint of fear crept across the dark guard leader’s face, “Okay, don’t be impulsive, I’ll get you out now.”
“Bring up Esteban Zaragosa!”
The guards picked up Esteban Zaragosa, who was on the ground, and together the three of them left the Dark Court.
When they arrived outside the Dark Court, Tom Paul drove the car, opened the door and Claudio Belles kicked the leader of the dark guards holding Esteban Zaragosa, pushed Esteban Zaragosa into the car and quickly got into it.
The black car sped out of the Dark Court.
The chief of the secret guards quickly mobilized his men: “Shoot me! Shoot!”
Tom Paul looked back and indicated to Claudio Belles in the back seat, “Sit nicely.”
Bullets, which hit the rear of his car, but the car was bulletproof and with Tom Paul running at the limit, the black car soon disappeared into the darkness.
…
Arrival at a private villa in Claudio Belles.
Claudio Belles accommodates Esteban Zaragosa in bed, and Tom Paul has the pleasure of admiring his private villa.
“Wow, Claudio, you’ve hidden this villa deep inside! It’s full of flowers and birds, perfect for a vacation.”
Claudio Belles raised his hand and probed Esteban Zaragosa’s nostrils: “Come here and help Esteban Zaragosa with the bullet first! The guy is not breathing.”
Tom Paul then remembered the business, “Oh oh oh, is there a medical room?”
“There has to be.”
The operation lasted one hour.
Tom Paul removed his mask and walked out of the medical room with a sigh of relief, “Here’s a well-prepared, state-of-the-art medical facility, how nice.”
“Cut the crap, how is Esteban Zaragosa?”
“It’s not going to kill me. None of the bullets hit anything vital, just a little blood.”
Claudius Belles looked into the room at the frail Esteban Zaragosa and worried, “Dulcina Calvo has been taken by the Court Master to be a murderous puppet, and when Esteban Zaragosa awakens, he will surely return to the Dark Court. But in her present state, even if it is nothing serious, she will not be able to move to fight.”
Tom Paul sighed, “To ask what is love in this world, it makes people want to live and die.”
Claudius Belles looked at Tom Paul, “Tonight you have followed me and Esteban Zaragosa in betraying the Court Master and the Ming Organization, are you not afraid that the dark guards sent by the Dark Court will hunt you down to the end of the world for eternity?”
“For me, I like adventure and excitement.”
Claudio Belles opened a bottle of wine, poured two glasses, handed one to Tom Paul and the two clinked glasses as they stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out at the rainy night.
“Fuck it.”
“But isn’t it a bit bad business for you to defect for a man who doesn’t love you? If White Wolf loved you, you could elope to the end of the world and it would still be a good story, but you’re just going backwards.”
Claudio Belles lowered his eyes slightly, a slight smile crossed his imposing face, “I may not love him, but I depend on him, I grew up with him, he was always like a brother, he would stand in front of me in any danger, now he is in danger, of course I have to stand in front of him to protect him, Dulcina Calvo is the person he loves The person I wanted to guard, the one I wanted to watch over, and when he fell, I did it for him.”
“Gee, what a touching sentiment, you almost made me cry!”
Claudius Belles frowned and gave him a disgusted look, “You don’t have to be such a pussy! I’m not even crying!”
Tom Paul took a sip from his brandy snifter and said, “I joined Ming as an adult, do you want to tell me about the time when you and Stephen were kids?”
“Put aside your gossiping mind. But it’s really not just because of Esteban Zaragosa that I betrayed the Master of the Court. ”
Tom Paul raised an eyebrow, “Because the Court Master’s ambition and arm has reached a territory where it shouldn’t be for the past two years, and has moved away from the ideals I had when I first joined the Ming Organization. The country of Z does not need such a wicked lord, and next, we may need a good battle.”
Claudio Belles analyzed: “But it is impossible to reverse the situation with just the three of us. The Lord of the Court has been provoking conflicts in other countries all these years, and his power is not only in Z. He should have alliances.
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Claudius Belles drained his glass in one gulp: “You think the same as I do. Darkness has always been in opposition to light, but now that we have defected, we can ally ourselves with darkness.”
“But I must warn that the head of the dark organization, Ice Blade, is a cunning master, and we cannot rule out that he will set a trap for us.”
Claudio Belles’ red lips curved, “He has something against me and, well, he owes me a favor.”
Tom Paul looked at her with wide eyes, “Does Ice Blade have something on you? Black Rose, I tend to underestimate you. White Wolf can’t even come close to Ice Blade, but you have something against him? What is it?”
Claudius Belles put down his glass and turned toward the bedroom, dropping two words lightly, “Asleep.”
Tom Paul choked on his drink, “Cough, cough! Devil woman!”