"The Sin family? Valerius Sin is in our hands," a heavily distorted, electronically processed voice spat from the receiver. "Bring us the Pendant in exchange, or the old man dies right now!"
Alaric's face turned an ugly shade. His voice dropped into a dangerous register. "State your conditions and we can negotiate. But if you dare let a single hair on the old man's head be harmed, you won't get a damn thing!"
Hearing those chilling words through the speaker, the other family members realized the horrifying truth, Grandfather had been ambushed and kidnapped!
"Well, if we don't get the pendant, we simply break him," the kidnapper laughed with a twisted, unnatural cadence. "You have exactly two hours. Bring the pendant to the Holorn suburbs, or I won't guarantee what's left of him!" Click. The line went dead. Immediately, the Sin father and son huddled together, rapidly formulating a response plan.
