For Amara Rossi, this had been a long day already, and she was ready to head to bed, when Alexander Leduc suddenly burst into her room in a torrent of black flames and grabbed her by the arm.
"Sorry, no time to explain. You're coming with me," he claimed, pulling her toward him.
"Wha—Where—Eek!" she exclaimed, surprised by the event.
Her bodyguard and lover, Maria, didn't even get time to react that she and Alexander had vanished again.
"Amara!" she shouted, dashing to where her boss had been moments ago, grasping at nothing but air.
Her face flashed with worry, before turning to a mask of rage. She exploded into action, rushing out of the room before the goons outside could even react.
"Sound the alarm! The boss has been taken!" she yelled, her sword already in her hand.
As for Amara, the teleportation made her queasy, as her heart hit the pit of her stomach, feeling as if she'd been flipped around in a centrifugal separator.
