Chapter 0249

Dawn broke over Ol’ Mare, casting a soft glow on the quiet Belmont Hills neighborhood where the

Chesire family lived.

*Amber, Alex, are you serious?!” In the Chesire’s living room, Susanne, who had just dropped little

Olivia off at preschool, listened in horror to Amber’s harrowing tale of her abduction. Her face went as

white as a sheet.

“They didn’t hurt you, did they? Oh, my poor baby!” She wept uncontrollably.

“I’m fine, all thanks to Alex.”

Patrick, a cigarette dangling from his fingers, tried to steady his shaky voice. “Amber, you’ve got to be

more careful from now on. We need to beef up security. If it hadn’t been for Alex… Well…

Amber glanced at Alexander, biting her lip, her face awash with guilt.

After her last frightening experience, she had been vigilant about her safety. She blamed her own

stubborn

streak for not telling Alex and sneaking off with Acela to Lackspur County.

If only she had notified Alex, maybe none of that would have happened. The Ellis family, the Hart

family…

Those people were the worst!

“Alex.”

long drag on his cigarette, Patrick finally spoke

jet last night your old squad? They went above

gratitude.”

“Absolutely!”

still in her eyes, nodded vigorously. “Even after

to lend a hand. We owe them big time. We should take them out to

some nice gifts!”

a whisper. “Alex, back on the boat, I

They were shouting something about a Temple Lord.

that…?”

of War, Temple Lord,” Alexander corrected with a smile. “Only the Temple Lord can order

quite

Lord made an

sending them for

a beat, he shifted gears, his tone turning serious. “Amber,

charge. He’ll

round the clock.”

Amber murmured in agreement.

tough as they come, and the head honcho of

only to

on the job, unless they ran into a martial

Amber was

in safe hands.

family from up north, aren’t they?” said Patrick,

what he

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push into the northern

him, “And you know, I’ve

control, and everything’s ticking along nicely. I’m considering a trip

scene. Our ‘One Life’ product is a hit here, and

out any plans for expanding up north, but

dipping our toes in

“That settles it, then!”

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