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.

directly to Bergen Airport, so I’m going to trace their journey and see if I can find any information

leave Bergen soon, we can still

Zeba’s expression turned serious.

don’t think it’s a good idea for you to stay in Bergen for too

Cavalry Guards? They might have

Jarvis

to have an excuse to spend a few more days with

with the Cavalry

most likely scenario is that they were discovered by the enemy in advance, which led to the army being wiped out, just like what happened

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

shrugged, thinking to herself, “This is

like a leech? Wouldn’t it be better if we all just went our separate ways? I plan to head to Eastern Europe once we

What about you?”

knew him well enough to realize that if he knew she

to offend him for no reason, because if she did, it could come back

wasn’t

that unlike the casual complaints she had voiced earlier, any passive sabotage in her actions

wait for Jarvis to leave, and then

said, hoping to

see if maybe Maria left her ring somewhere

snorted, shaking

made a big mistake,” he said

any more time, Jarvis

“I’ll leave first.

touch!” he said, turning

***

set on the Middle

was being quietly evacuated, with the dead soldiers and their families being loaded onto speedboats one

seas, a freighter that had been remodeled was

being evacuated, the demolition team was carrying out the

blasting points

Charlie had proposed the Nest Overturning Plan, they had laid countless blasting points

they would install explosives in

enough to blow up the

needs of the dead soldiers, making its internal space much larger than that

blasted, it would undoubtedly cause the entire ground to collapse, with the depth

buried hundreds of meters deep underground, and the ground buildings would