This would also give them enough time to think of a way to prove Marico's innocence and to get to the root of the poisoning instances. It was most likely that hunter family had orchestrated the entire incident but they needed to earn enough time to prove it.
Before Zach could voice out his concerns and his plans to orchestrate Violet's rescue, Luke pulled open the fist that he had kept closed the entire time with enough force to render it completely pale.
There was an object wrapped in paper in his fist. The way Luke was holding it in front of Zach made it look as if the object was intended for him.
Zach looked at Luke as if to confirm his intentions and when he was sure of the meaning behind his actions, he leaned forward and grabbed that object from his hand.
"What is it?" Zach was curious as he was unable to make the true shape of the object since it was completely wrapped in paper.
"You know just as much about it as I do. Before she was taken by Jack, she pushed me away from Jack's attacks and slipped me this object. I think it must be a clue. I haven't taken a look at it though." replied Luke as he cried out from the pain from his wounds.
Zach pulled apart the paper wrapped around the object and found an ordinary stone broken off from the marble floor. It looked to be quite expensive but Zach was unable to make out the significance of that rock in helping them locate Violet.
Violet was a smart woman and Zach knew that she wouldn't do something that was pointless. Therefore there had to be a reason that Violet handed Luke the rock before she was taken.
Hearing what Luke told Zach about the object, Clara reluctantly pulled free from Zach's chest and turned around to take a look at Zach's hands. She wanted to know if she could recognize the object that her sister had left.
The moment she took a look at it, she was just as confused as Zach. She had no idea what her sister was thinking when she handed the rock to Luke.
While she was wondering on the possible reason behind Violet's actions, an idea struck Zach's mind. He let go of the rock in his hand and instead looked on the inside of the paper wrapped around it. Although it was completely crumpled there seemed to be some scribbling on the inside.
"Jade Pendant"
Zach didn't understand what this message meant but the moment Clara took a look at it beside him she immediately snatched the piece of paper from his hands in order to confirm the message written on it.
"Do you know what this means?" Zach turned towards Clara and asked her curiously. He understood that the message was most likely addressed to Clara as she was the closest person to Violet.
Zach was thinking along the right path. Violet had indeed hoped that Clara would be able to find her through the clue that she had left with Luke.
"Our father gave us two sisters a jade pendant each when we came of age. The jade pendant in the message is referring to that pendant. Look, this is mine. She has a similar one as well." Clara's actions clarified the message to those of them who didn't know what she was talking about.
"How can this pendant help us in our search for her? I mean there must be a reason why she wrote this in the final message she left for us otherwise this has no significance at all."
"Of course it can help us. Our father hoped that the two of us would be able to take care of each other at all times. Therefore, he got these pendants made. The specialty of these pendants is that they can locate each other at all times. As long as we have my pendant, I will be able to find her as long as she is within range. Although the range is small, we will be able to find her if we find her general location from someone." explained Clara with an excited smile on her face. She was sure that they would be able to find her sister now that they had a vague strategy to their search.
"Try to sense her immediately. See if you can find Violet with this. If Jack hasn't already take Violet away, we might be able to find her at once." suggested Zach but he didn't hold much hope. Someone who would even take Clara's presence into account before executing his strategy definitely wouldn't hang around the scene of the crime after committing it.
Clara grabbed the pendant hanging around her neck and channeled her mana into it. A magic pulse was emitted by the pendant in response to the mana injected into it.
Clara waited for a few seconds before her heart fell. There was no response from the other pendant that was still with Violet. It could only mean that Violet had already been taken beyond the range of the pendant.
She turned towards Zach and shook her head to indicate that there was no response.
Zach didn't look shocked because he had already expected the same result. Clara on the other hand didn't know what to do anymore and her tears threatened to leak once again.
Zach couldn't have her crying at this crucial time.
"Don't worry; we will still be able to find your sister. Leave it to me. You just take care of yourself and stop crying. Your sister wouldn't want to see you in such a state either."
Zach wiped the tear stains from Clara's face and waved his hand in front of him in order to draw out a few drones from the Weapons Arsenal. The dragonfly shaped drones were sufficient in number to keep a stringent watch over all the members of the Hunter family from high above. Even if some of the drones were found, there was no way that anyone from the Hunter family would be able to determine that they were being monitored by Zach from all directions at the same time.
This 𝓬ontent is taken from f(r)eeweb(n)ovel.𝒄𝒐𝙢