Vengeful Hearts Return Novel by Susan Clyde

“When did Lucas go missing?” Audrey asked hurriedly.

“It was probably early this morning

but no one was there” the voice replied.

ent to his room to look for him in the morning

Audrey pursed her lips. She had an uneasy look on her face.

Although Lucas was miles ahead of his peers in terms of intelligence, he was after all only a six or seven year old boy. Even if he had good physical abilities, in the face of absolute strength, Lucas would simply be powerless to fight back.

Especially in a place like the border.

“Did you look for him?” Audrey asked.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

The voice said, “I searched everywhere around here already but there was no trace of him. My only concern now is that Lucas might have been taken.”

Green Viper sounded more and more worried as she explained the situation.

Although no one dared to openly mess with The Silence at the border, it was difficult to say how many people secretly wanted to get rid of them.

Audrey’s eyebrows creased before she instructed coldly, “Wait for my update.”

She hung up the phone at that and sped back to the Holland residence, making her way quickly to the study.

For their safety, Audrey had placed trackers on both Lucas and Brian.

Although, if there was a signal blocker nearby, then naturally the tracker would not work.

Sure enough, the tracker on Lucas was untraceable.

The Silence had many enemies, but the organization boasted one of the safest security systems in the world. There was practically no one who could infiltrate their system, let alone be able to snatch Lucas from right under their noses,

The only possibility was that Lucas had left The Silence of his own accord.

Audrey thought through the situation for a beat before getting up and leaving the study.

She made her way to the kitchen in search of Wendy. “Where’s Brian?” Audrey asked.

“I just saw him playing in the backyard. Wendy replied. Then she looked at Audrey and added, “Great timing. I’ve just finished making your favorite grilled fish, and there’s. freshly squeezed orange juice too. Wash up and sit down to eat, you must be hungry.”

Audrey only realized then that she hadn’t had lunch

She was a little curious as to how

yet.

could have known that she hadn’t eaten. After

all, it was already past two in the ammoon-

Audrey didn’t think more of it and replied, “Okay, I’ll go to the backyard first and come back later.”

Wendy brought the dishes to the dining table and then returned to the kitchen to clean up. Then she remembered that she hadn’t returned the messages she received earlier on her phone.

In the chat with Dylan, the message sent by him from two hours ago read, [Wendy, don’t forgot to make some food for Audrey. She hasn’t eaten her lunch. And make some orange juice for her too.]

Wendy sighed involuntarily and thought, “What a strange turn of events. Ms. Hernandez used to be head over heels for Mr. Clifford, but now…

Still, it wasn’t in her position to worry about their affairs. She could only do her best to take care of Ms. Hernandez and Brian.

In the backyard, Brian was crouching in corner with his phone, chatting with someone in a soft voice.

“Lucas, are you really going to deal with that man? He may have bullied Audrey, but he’s still the reason why we’re in this world!” Brian whispered into the receiver.

Brian couldn’t help but recall that night when that man had let him bite down on his hand, enduring the pain stoically without a word of complaint.

And the strong yet warm and affectionate hug that confused him and made him utter the word ‘Daddy‘ as a result.

It was then that he realized no matter how good other adults were to him, deep down in his heart, none of them could compare to his own father.

“Mommy didn’t have anyone to protect her before, but now that she has us, it’s only natural that we should teach him a lesson. Otherwise he’d think that there’s no one to stand up for her!” Lucas replied firmly.

On the phone screen, Brian could see that Lucas had a serious look on his handsome

face.

“Well, then I’m in!” Brian nodded. In his heart, absolutely no one was more important than Audrey.

Brian then set his phone aside had in his piggy bank.

head up his fingers, counting how much money he

“Lucas, I’ll give you all the money in my piggy bank. I saw how expensive it was last time when The Prince hired someone!” Brian offered.

“No need, you can keep your money for yourself. I’ve got enough!” Lucas replied.

He raised an eyebrow and glanced at the silly little kid in the video call, holding his fingers up in an effort to count.

“Oh, okay!” Brian agreed happily. He was pleased that he wouldn’t have to part with his savings.

As the two brothers were chatting, suddenly a stern voice boomed from behind Brian.

“Brian Hernandez, what are you doing?” the voice demanded to know.

The sudden interruption frightened Brian, who immediately jumped up and scurried to hide his phone behind his back.

He looked carefully at his mother and thought, ‘When did she get here? She didn’t hear anything, did she?

‘But she called me by my full name, she must be pissed!‘

As Audrey walked closer and closer to Brian, her steely eyes never left him, who was still hiding his hands behind him. “Show me your hands!” she ordered.

“I’m not on the phone with anyone!” Brian flashed his big and innocent eyes at Audrey and protested aggrievedly.

Lucas was still on the line with Brian, and as he heard Brian’s words, he let out a low

snort.

“What a little dumbass. I told him to find a safe place to hide but he was still found out.’” Lucas thought.

Brian was still unaware that his mean older brother now thought of him with disdain, and continued trying to resist Audrey’s demand. Soon though, he gave up under her

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unrelenting stare, and silently presented the phone in his hands to her.

In his heart, he exclaimed, ‘Lucas, I let you down!”

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Audrey took the phone and looked at the screen to see that the call had disconnected.

She tried to call back but the

he seamed to be out of signal range already.

Audrey then looked at Brian and said coldly, What did Lucas say to you?”

Brian wasn’t used to seeing Audrey angry, so she was terrifying to him when she was, especially when she called him by his full name.

So at this point, he indignantly pressed his lips flat together and confessed with tears in his eyes. “Lucas said he was going to teach that bad guy a lesson, that he was gonna stand up for you.

“He also said, in the past, nobody was around to protect you, but you have us now, so we’re going to stop any bad guy from bullying you!”

Brian continued to look at Audrey as he told her everything, and when he saw that Audrey was still cold and unsmiling, enormous drops of tears started to roll down from his eyes.

Audrey felt her heart ache and her nose start to tingle. She swallowed all her anger, but her face remained stern.

“Mommy doesn’t need you guys to protect her. I can protect myself and I won’t let anyone bully me anymore, but that’s only if you and Lucas take good care of yourselves as well so that I don’t have to worry. You guys being safe and sound is the best protection for Mommy.” she explained patiently.

Brian sniffled and jumped into Audrey’s arms. “I’m sorry, Lucas and I will never make you worry again from now on!” he promised.

“Alright, so if next time Lucas calls you again, do you know what to say?” Audrey asked. in a gentle and soothing voice as she patted Brian’s head.

“Yes, I do!” Brian nodded obediently.

Meanwhile, after Lucas hung up on Brian in exasperation, he joined a group chat filled with a bunch of thugs.

They came from all sorts of professions, and some were even dangerous enough to be internationally notorious. He sent a message to the group.

MommylsTheBest: [20 million dollar job. Any takers? PM if interested.]

With that. Lucas left the group

It didn’t take more than a few seconds for someone to add him.

It was someone with a plain black profile picture. His username was

WorldsMost Handsome.

After Lucas accepted his friend request, the other party immediately sent a message

over.