Alec stared at him before slowly speaking, "Why do you want me to lead it?"

Lloyd laughed. His finger lightly tapped against his desk while he lazily leaned on his hand.

"Because I know you. You love to kill don't you?"

Alec's gaze was unfazed, "I do not understand what you're saying, your highness."

"You don't need to play dumb with me. I know you learned everything. From making tea to silently killing someone off,"

Lloyd stretched his arms before adding on to his previous statement, "If you didn't you wouldn't be fitted to be Elenor's executive butler. Am I right?"

Alec sighed, dropping his usual act. He coldly glanced at Lloyd before messing up his perfectly styled hair.

"Even got someone to background check me huh?"

Lloyd happily nodded, "Of course. I'm not soon-to-be king for nothing."

Alec scoffed, "That is true. Fine, I will lead the troop."

"Great! I'm counting on you~" Lloyd clapped his hands together.

Alec rolled his eyes. "Is that the plan you came up with?"

"Yup so the rest is on you!"

"You-" Alec held back on cursing, taking in a deep breath.

Lloyd watched in amusement as Alec tried to calm himself down. His secretary came into his office and whispered something in his ear softly before leaving once again. Lloyd frowned at the new information he just received.

"Alec, I need you to lead the troop as soon as possible. The earliest is tonight." Lloyd ordered, no signs of him playing around this time.

Alec nodded. "Was planning on doing that anyway."

He laughed lightly, "Good, you may leave now."

Alec nodded once more and was about to leave Lloyd's office to get ready when he heard Lloyd speaking to him.

"It doesn't matter if you kill them or keep them alive. That choice is in your hands."

"Does his majesty from Vaidia allow his people to be killed?"

"His majesty has agreed to let us kill them off. Slave trading is illegal over there now."

Alec turned to Lloyd, an ominous smile on his face. His eyes filled with killing intent, "Excellent, then I will kill them with no hesitation."

The door closed behind him. His hand was still on the door handle. Motionlessly, he stared at it before releasing his hold. He turned his heels and walked away, he had to prepare to save her. Because if he didn't he might kill everyone instead. If he didn't see her breathing and calling out his name, he would lose it.

He can't lose something he finally found important.

"Wait for me, Elenor." he muttered silently to himself.

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"Finally done," Elenor sighed, wiping the sweat off her forehead.

Elenor finally finished freeing the ladies in the cell. She huddled them up and silently started explaining her plan.

"First we have to continue acting like our hands and feet are tied up. Some of us need to keep their duct tape on their mouth while the others can look down, that way they won't suspect anything." Elenor began.

Everyone listened carefully and nodded, listening to Elenor's words.

"Next once we have to leave the cell, I'll pretend to be sick, gaining all their attention on me. Once that happens I need you guys to use the ropes and tie them up. The estimated men around here is 5 so they will be outnumbered by us. After that, run as fast as you out of this place, understand?"

"Yes!"

Elenor nodded, "Good now let's pretend to still be tied up, someone might come any time."

All of them returned back to their original positions along with the ropes looking like they were tied. Not long after that, there were footsteps. Elenor listened carefully and estimated around three to five people coming their way, just like what she had assumed beforehand.

The cell doors were unlocked. A man who looked like the leader of the group that had kidnapped them stepped in and looked at each and every one of them before smirking,

"All of you are to follow us. Now." he snapped his fingers and immediately his men came into the cell.

Elenor knew it was now or never so she began her plan. She winced at the pain and dropped to the ground, gasping.

"Ack! It-it hurts!!" she screamed, clenching onto her stomach tightly.

Her sudden outburst caught the attention of the men. Elenor continued her act, howling in pain before looking at one of the men with pain flashing through her eyes.

"Something is wrong with her. Take her away and treat her now! We can't lose a beautiful lady like her."

"Yes sir!" they walked towards Elenor about to grab her when she gave them a roundhouse kick.

"Now!" Elenor shouted.

The men who were caught off guard were hit in the face by the ladies, some even using their body weight to push them down to the ground before quickly tying them up. Elenor finished beating up the men that were trying to stop her.

"Run now! Quick!!" Elenor said and immediately everyone ran up the stairs, leaving the underground prison they were in.

Elenor was about to do the same when she was suddenly pinned to the ground, hard. She hissed at the pain she felt. It spreaded across her whole body as she was pressed down to the ground with no mercy.

She tried to push the person away but her strength was no match for the person who had pinned her down. She never did practice in this body so it was extremely weak. Way weaker than her previous. A sharp knife was pressed against her neck, blood seeping out. It stung but Elenor repressed the feeling.

"Who knew a beautiful fragile lady like you could be so violent." the leader whispered into her ear with a wide smirk on his face.

Elenor glared at him, "Get the fuck off me."

"Feisty! I like those types of women the most," he blew into her ear before biting it harshly.

Elenor frowned but didn't voice out the pain she felt from it. The leader laughed, finding her fun to play with. He retracted the knife from her neck and lifted her chin up.

"Forget selling you off to a man. I shall have you for myself. Indulge in you." he licked his lips before leaning closer to her face.

Before his lips touched hers, she used as much force as she could and hit him on his head. He winced at the pain but a chuckle slipped out of his mouth. He proceeded to shove her face hard into the ground repeatedly causing her head to bleed. Her mind was starting to get fuzzy but she wasn't going to let him get the upper hand.

She spat on him and glared. He laughed hysterically, only calming down after some time. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes, his grin growing wider.

"What would happen if I dirtied you? A noble lady like you losing everything before getting married," his fingers slowly guided up from her legs to her thighs.

"How would you react then?" he muttered cruelly, bashing her head on the ground once more.

Elenor could feel her heart beating out of her chest as she felt his disgusting fingers making his way up her legs. She struggled to get out of his grasp but he held onto her tighter. He bit on her neck making her hiss in pain. She wanted to scream but her voice was stuck in her throat, not letting her do so.

Another hand made its way to the zip of the dress. Her eyes widened in horror. She wanted someone to save her from this disgusting creature. She kept struggling and struggling but it was no use. Never in her previous life as well as this would she think she would have to experience this. It was terrifying, everything happening right now was.

'...Someone..please save me..'

"Suddenly gone quiet? Not so fiesty after all-" his voice was cut off with a loud slash.

Elenor could feel the grip of the hands loosening up. Using what strength she had left, she looked at the leader who was now bleeding out beside her. She stared at him before turning to the person who had saved her.

"Milady!" Alec exclaimed, running to her side. He stepped on the body, not caring he was bleeding out because of him.

Elenor squinted her eyes, trying to make her eyes focus on him. Was it truly Alec that came to save her? Did her hopeful wish work? Elenor didn't care at this point. She was just glad to be saved by him before that leader could have done anything further than that.

Relief washed over her. Tears formed in her eyes as she lightly caressed Alec's cheek.

"Thank you, Alec..." she softly spoke before she lost consciousness.

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