The Charismatic Charlie Wade

Zeba was all too familiar with Jarvis’ smooth-talking ways.

He’d spout off about chivalry and “ladies first” every day, but she knew better than to fall for his flattery.

She wasn’t about to let him get the upper hand.

She didn’t waste her time on him, nor did she owe him any favors.

If he wanted to check out the cavalry guards, that was his prerogative.

Zeba wasn’t looking for any credit, so why not take this opportunity to explore and learn something new?

“If you’re set on the cavalry guards, Jarvis, I’ll stay put and wish you the best of luck,” she said coolly.

With that, she made a move to open the car door and stepped out.

Jarvis practically blurted out, “Zeba, there’s no way you can get to the village or the store.

What are you doing here? Why don’t we head to Bergen together? When we get there, I’ll head to the airport to investigate, and you can check out the port.

My hunch is that Maria probably left by boat, so you might find some leads there.”

But Zeba wasn’t having any of it.

She simply ignored him and made her way out of the car. She ran her fingers through her flowing locks with a dash of panache and a smile.

“Going to the port to find a ship is a far cry from going fishing for clues,” she quipped.

“So, any bright ideas, Jarvis?”

“I’m not exactly a genius, but I have an idea,” Jarvis replied, his eyes bright with determination.

“Maria went missing here, so there have to be some leads nearby.

I was thinking of checking into a cozy little hotel and doing some investigating for a few days.

But for you, Jarvis, you need to get to Bergen.

Don’t waste any more time here,” she urged him.

“Okay, I’ll head to Bergen Airport first to look for clues,” Jarvis replied with a helpless shrug.

Cavalry Guards were sent directly to Bergen Airport, so I’m going to trace their journey and see if I can find

can still hang out for a

Zeba’s expression turned serious.

it’s a good idea for

find the family members of those Cavalry Guards? They might have some information that could help us,” she suggested,

worry,” Jarvis assured

had plenty of contacts, but he was secretly thrilled to have an excuse to spend a few

with the Cavalry Guards who came to Bergen last

enemy in advance, which led to the army being

to be found here, and going to Cyprus wouldn’t make much

herself, “This

leech? Wouldn’t it be better if we all just went our separate ways? I plan

What about you?”

couldn’t stand Jarvis, she knew him well enough to realize that if he knew

reason, because if she did,

wasn’t

complaints she had voiced earlier, any passive sabotage in her actions would be seen as a

Jarvis to leave, and then make

she said, hoping to buy

if maybe Maria left her ring somewhere

snorted, shaking his

the case, he made a big

any more time, Jarvis bid

“I’ll leave first.

he said,

***

sun set on the Middle East, night

Cyprus, the copper mine was being quietly evacuated, with the dead soldiers and their families being

seas, a freighter that had been

being evacuated, the demolition team was carrying out the overturning

all the blasting points in the entire

Nest Overturning Plan, they had laid countless blasting points throughout

order was given, they would install explosives in

explosives would be enough to blow up the

mine had undergone a lot of modifications to accommodate the living needs of the dead soldiers, making its internal space much larger

bottom was blasted, it would undoubtedly cause the entire ground to collapse, with the depth of the collapse being at

to be completely buried hundreds of meters deep underground, and the