Leon took the book back from Liu Yan and raised it. The cover blocked Liu Yan's face as she leaned closer, focusing on the sigils inscribed on it, the one she didn't look at when she held the book.
"Bao Xiong. Stop it." Wu Ze screamed in a loud voice that echoed back like a nuclear blast.
"Bao Xiong. Enough!" both Wu Ze and Liu Yan screamed in the same sequence, silencing Bao Xiong.
Bao Xiong drew his hands back slowly, but his eyes remained locked on the book. He tracked it as Leon's fingers curled around the edges of the book and lowered it.
'I lost this at the Shattered Land.' The thoughts reeled in his mind as Leon locked his gaze on the book.
Leon adjusted his grip, fixed one eye on the book, and the other on Bao Xiong, ever ready to throw the book to Liu Yan.
In the instructor's chamber, Hei Yung leaned toward the monitor, the very one capturing every action going on in the main bunker.
