Chapter 600 - Sacrifice

"I am advising you to be unpredictable in your moves." Professor Iris said after a while. Jacob acknowledged it although he already talked about that with Arthur.

"We will do that. Thank you." Jacob said.

"So for now, we only have the Bloodroot Clan watching over Miss J's every move most of the time. We've seen Molly once in a while thou they are not a threat we still have to be cautious because Alex's men were known to attack in surprise." Arthur said.

"I don't think they will attack," Felix said but Stefan counter him.

"They will because they will still have to act," Stefan said. "They shouldn't be expecting us to be discreet towards them just because they were just acting." He continued contemptuously.

J knew that Jacob is in a video conference with his father in the control room. She wanted to join him but Jacob was resolute in not letting her. So she decided to call her mom although she was not sure if her mom is with her dad at the conference as well. Fortunately, she is not. Because President Martin didn't let her as well.

"How's everything there, sweetheart?" Madam Victoria said with full of concern.

"Hmm...surprisingly peaceful." She replied nonchalantly. She is seated in the only accent chair inside Jacob's bedroom. Her head is rested on her palm while she is staring outside the window. She is watching one post light that is flickering in the distance.

"That is not good." Madam Victoria commented. She is starting to get worried.

"I know." She said but she remained calm.

"I think you should stay at home for a while and avoid getting outside."

J rolled her eyes. "You are asking me to detain myself, mom." She said although that is not what her mother is pointing out.

"Sweetheart, you'll be safer at home."

J pondered for it. Madam Victoria has a point, but she thought that if the Senator's men are bold enough, they might attack her in the mansion and her in-laws might be inflicted. She sighed.

Madam Victoria heard her sigh. "Sweetheart, what are you thinking?"

"They'll follow me where ever I go." She said. She sounds calm but her heart is trembling.

"But you have Jacob with you. You'll be safe with him."

"I know. But, I am afraid that he will get hurt." That is what she fears the most. She is afraid that in the process of keeping her alive, someone might sacrifice their life. That is the least she wants to happen. It will bother her for the rest of her life.

Although Jacob reassured her that no one will die at least not on their side, she still can't help but be pessimistic knowing how vicious their opponent is.

In the past days, she already asked Arthur to find information about Senator Paz's connections. That's how she finds out about Bloodroot Clan. She knows how vicious and lawless these people are. They will not hesitate to kill people.

Madam Victoria didn't speak a word because J's worries were unavoidable. She cannot say that no one will get hurt or die in the process of protecting her just to comfort her because she knows that it is very unrealistic.

"Sweetheart, I am sorry for putting you in this situation." Madam Victoria said apologetically because she felt that she could do nothing to comfort her only child.

"Mom, don't say that. I am part of this family that my grandfather built. And I never regret it. It is better that I than you or any other member of the Society."

Madam Victoria trembled upon hearing her daughter's word. At that moment, she felt a thousand needles pricking her heart. She felt goosebumps run her spine until the back of her neck. "Sweetheart, don't you dare sacrifice your life! Please." Madam Victoria's voice is shaking. The thought of her daughter being dead scared her.

"Mom..."

J had thought of it once. She thought, that since the entire country believes that she is the leader of the Robin Hood Society, she might as well die so that they will stop bothering the Society. There will be no one left to blame in every action of the Society. They will think that their actions were done by other groups.

But she thought about Jacob...everything that Jacob did for her. All his sacrifices... It will all go down the drain once she died.

She thought of what he said before. That he'll never be the same person if she is gone. She is afraid of what he will do if she died.

She wants to live for him. She still wants to have children with him. She wants to spend the rest of her life with him. She will only die with him.