These two kids' faces were pristine, their posture steady, and their eyes shone with a strange, piercing clarity. However, Hector Vaughn quickly brushed the thought aside. He had no time to waste on minor anomalies.
"Hey! How did you escape?" Hector Vaughn demanded, stepping closer. "Return to your holding cell immediately! Otherwise..."
He deliberately paused, trying to loom over them to instil fear. Before he could finish his threat, however, the young girl interrupted him.
"Otherwise what?" Xiaohua asked innocently, blinking her large eyes and tilting her head to the side. "What are you going to do to us? I really want to know."
Hector Vaughn froze, stunned. He had certainly not expected a child to talk back to him like that. The two children standing before him were, of course, Xiaohua and Xiaoliu.
"You..." Hector Vaughn glared daggers at Xiaohua, trying to intimidate her with sheer malice.
