"It's been so long but cupid hasn't come yet", Dilda said, while she came running towards Winston.

" what? He was supposed to be back till now", Winston said with worry in his voice.

Both of them seem scared and worried. Somehow Winston inside knows that something bad has happened because he knows cupid and how impatient he can be at a moment.

He waved his hand in the air and drew the circle. A portal opens in the air. And Winston steps inside and the portal disappears behind him.

Winston was at the border. He has an owl watching him all the time from the tree here. As she saw Winston she came down from the tree.

"Did you see cupid?" Winston asked the owl.

" Yes, he went to the other side", the owl replied, making her wide eyes even wider.

"That stupid motherfucker!"Winston shouted in anger. He walks left and right, he knows that something bad has happened.

" What if they caught him?"Winston thinks and chills walks on his spine.

"I should have known better, I need smarter people on my side if I want to go ahead", he thinks in his mind.

"Go and try to locate cupid and inform me as soon as you find him", Winston said to the owl. Owl starts flying and crosses the border to another dynasty. Winston stays there for a while. He was thinking about something, deciding and finally seemed like he concluded.

He opened the portal again, this time inside the porn bar. He looked around and as he thought Frank was there, he was lying on a couch, waiting for a girl to bring a drink for him.

Frank saw the light appear from nowhere and Winston coming from it. A wide smile spread on his face and he woke up from the couch and stood to welcome Winston.

"Look, look, look, who is where? I thought you had almost forgotten me", Frank said while walking towards Winston.

Winston has a mixed expression of a smile and a worry on his face. Frank hugged him, Winston can smell the strong smell of toxins coming from Frank while he hugged him. They both walk towards the couch and sit on it.

"So, tell me, Winston, what makes you remember me?" Frank said, with a sarcastic tone, even though he knows why Winston came here he still likes to hear it.

Winston kept silent and stared at him for a while, and then said,

" I need your help to complete my grand vision. You have been here longer than I have. You know hell better than many people I know", Winston said without taking a breath.

Frank has pride in his eyes, something he has lost along the way. Something that he thought he would never find again was in his eyes again. Someone has considered him worthy again.

"Tell me Frank, are you with me in this?", Winston said impatiently.

Frank smiled in the way that Winston understood that he was. Winston felt a sigh and rested on his back on a couch.

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"I know Winston, you are in a tricky situation. But that's fine. Problems happen only when you want big things", Frank said, looking at Winston.

"I think Mongrel took Cupid, one of my reliable friends", Winston said.

" Here Lanark, and there Mongrel I am trapped between them. I can't live like this. I want to outgrow them", Winston continued.

"And to do that you need Lanark out of your way and full control of Warrington city", Frank said interrupting Winston.

"Yes", Winston said after Frank finished.

Frank chuckled and said,

" you have already achieved everything that can be achieved with this amount of power", frank said and paused for a while then continue again,

"You need more power to have your control over Warrington city. Lanark is way more powerful than you can think. He has an insane amount of control over fire. And I also heard that he is trying to take control over water now".

Both of them were silent for a while. A nude woman entered holding a tray in her hand, and she gave drinks to Winston and frank and then left. Frank took a sip from his drink while thinking about something. And said,

" stay low for a while. When you have a powerful enemy in front of you, the smarter thing to do is to do nothing. Let them believe that you give up, let them believe that they win and you lose", Frank said looking at Winston and taking a sip from his glass.

"And what should I do in the meantime? Someday I have to face Lanark and to do so I need more power", Winston replied impatiently.

"Yes, I know and there are many ways to acquire power,'' Frank said.

"What do you mean?"Winston asked instantly.

"Hell is a lot more complex and bigger than you can imagine Winston. We are not even pawns in this game, it's a lot bigger than you can imagine", Frank said with wide eyes. He paused for a moment and continued.

" There are many people who would like to bet on you for Warrington city. This city is closer to the border and can be used in many ways. At this point what you need is the right ally".

Winstons' eyes shine like a kid who finds cake inside the fridge. Finally, his worried face seems to be a little lighter.

"So you already have a plan, right?" Winston said with a smile on his face.

"Hhhhm, you don't worry Winston. I have already thought about everything", Frank replied.

Winstons' face again turns serious as he remembers something,

" But what about cupid?"Winston asked with worry in his voice.

"Relax, Mongrel won't kill him. He knows that he can use him. It's not the right time for us to think about Cupid, we can't do anything about him right now. But there will be a time when we release him", Frank said with a serious voice.

Frank was right. It's stupid to walk into Mongrels territory right now. It would be dangerous for him as well as for Cupid. The only good chance to save Cupid is to wait for the right time.

John and Albert brought Cupid to the Mongrel. He was sitting on his chair drinking a toxin. As Cupid stands in front of him, he stares at him upside down. Something was going on in his mind, he kept staring at him without saying anything.

Cupid was confused, they untied the rope on his neck, he was feeling a little dizzy while standing there in front of Mongrel.

" You used to be an animal, right?"Finally, Mongrel speaks, breaking the silence in the room.

"Yeah, I was", Cupid said. There is a sense of pride in his words, Which Mongrel didn't like at all. He stares at Cupid with anger and in return, Cupid stares at him with pride.

" You filthy animal. How dare you look into my eyes?" Mongrel shouted from his place.

"I will have your eyes pop out from your skull", he continued with anger.

Cupid chuckled and said,

"You think you are better than us. With all this power and wealth, you think you are above us". Cupid move forward from his place and continued,

"You are not. You are like just the rest of us. Well, there is one difference though, you are a coward. Who hides behind these big walls and thinks that he can do whatever he wants". Before he could finish, Mongrel stood up from his place and ripped out the piece of ground and threw it at him, by waving his hand in the air.

Mongrel has control over the earth elements. And as it struck Cupid got dragged to another side of the room and hit the wall and fell on the ground, crying with the pain.

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