Chapter 37: Kidnapped.
After running for at least half an hour, Dante was finally ready to give up and get some rest. With how deep into White Hill they went, surely no one would be able to follow them.
’... I should have bolted on my own...’ That would have been a great choice if not for his red-haired companion being much faster than he is. ’I shouldn’t have agreed to take this job...’
Liliana was in a far better shape compared to him. It didn’t even look like she had shed a single drop of sweat.
"Did... Did anyone try to call you?" Dante beat her to the questions, finally done catching his breath.
"I... haven’t checked yet..." The girl avoided his gaze as she replied, hinting at another of her messes.
"No... no you didn’t..."
"I just turned off the notifications for everything. That’s-"
She suddenly went silent and squeezed her eyes shut. One could guess that she had just deactivated the do not disturb mode on her NIM, which likely led to her OAM being flooded with notifications of missed calls and unread texts.
Dante had to act quickly before she messed up the situation more than she already had.