The shop owner and his clerk were instantly dumbfounded.
"Who… who are you people?"
"Where are you taking us?"
"Hey, who are you—"
Aiden Howkins barked, "Cut the crap. You're coming with us!"
And just like that, the swindlers were taken away.
Claire Sinclair nestled limply into the man's broad, comforting embrace, clinging to him like a frightened kitten.
Adrian Quincy looked down at her face. A thousand words welled up inside him, but he couldn't bring himself to say a single one. He simply turned and walked out of the store.
A crowd of onlookers had gathered, but none of them knew what had just happened.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Claire Sinclair was led out of the electronics market by her superhero.
...
After the pair had gone, a man and a woman emerged from the stairwell diagonally across from the shop.
The man had a devilishly charming face. In comparison, the woman beside him was far plainer.
