A Beauty With Multiple Masks

No more cat-and-mouse games. This time, he would face down Vinson in a duel to the death, for his thirst for vengeance could only slake through his own hands!

The phone in the man’s pocket started to ring in an untimely manner.

He meant to pull it out and reject the call but found cause for pause when he saw that the call came from Chanaea. Nevertheless, he answered.

The party on the other end of the line hailed him before continuing, “I’ve just received word from those useless fools. Arielle is alive!”

“Arielle who?” The name mentioned eluded the man and did not register with him.

The caller grew audibly upset. “That’s the woman who infiltrated our systems and forced us to abandon the whole island!”

The man’s eyes froze over for a moment. “How?”

On the other end, the caller said briskly, “We’ve already rigged several explosives on the cruise she was on, but the vessel did not blow up when we pulled out! When I sent someone up to investigate, we discovered that the wires had been cut!”.

By this point, the lead vehicle of the convoy was a mere two meters from the fork in the road.

over!” the

stop, Gerald dared not question him either, and so he yelled into the walkie-talkie to those ahead of the

entire

Vinson saw how close the cars were from where the mines were

frown

tapped his feet impatiently and

destroyed if it continued its advance. That would have set off a chain reaction which would have taken out the entire

the car simply stopped and did not resume its

in with the man in the backseat. “Why did you make us stop,

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man’s expression

bombs established that Vinson must already have been informed of it, so why would he be

said, “This isn’t a bid for the

gaze switched between the hillside mansion in front of him and the man himself. “Are we really going to walk away like this? This is

was not to be