Leia swallowed and leaned close to Renee.

She was as confused as Renee and wondered why they would get into so much trouble when she just wanted to visit Liam. Yet, everyone in the fort was out to get her and Renee killed. It felt like a dangerous adventure-there wasn't a single moment of respite!

"I don't know, either," Renee said, "but I'm guessing it has something to do with the past and the recent events. They've long held a grudge against us."

When Renee was trying to earn her living, she offended quite a lot of people since she was young and bold.

Their enemies right now loomed over them aggressively, as if harboring intense hatred against them. Perhaps it was a long-held grudge. Renee couldn't imagine anything else.

"What should we do?" Leia asked softly.

kidnapped and surrounded by armed guards, they were at their enemies' mercy.

don't know. Let's act

to escape. All she could do now was act naturally and resolve anything that came their way. She should at least try to figure out who wanted to get

hard and urged her to walk toward one of the ships.

did as told and

deck of a ship with lights on from afar. He was facing away from them

and said respectfully,

turning around immediately. He was still deep in

"Hey, who are you? We're not your enemies! Why did you have to go this far? We

can't be rude to him!" The guard was about

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