Chapter 0397

“You got them?”

At the front row of the concert venue, Amber’s face brightened as Alexander came back. “No more

troublemakers, right? And…where did you take them?”

The dead need not be kept. They were to be discarded, forgotten.

“No need to worry about that.”

Alexander kept it brief, tenderly taking his wife’s hand with a reassuring smile. “As long as I’m here, no small–time troublemaker can make a splash. The concert’s about to begin. Let’s enjoy

the show.”

He then turned his attention to the main stage, silently waiting for Wanda’s entrance.

“It’s time!”

Three kilometers from the pulsing heart of the concert, on the top floor of a towering office

building. Alice peered through her binoculars, her gaze fixed on the distant stage.

Her pretty face, once warm with excitement, then turned icy with frustration. “Why haven’t the

Envoys made their move? Where’s the fire? Why haven’t they lit it up yet?”

Next to her, Owen lowered his binoculars and faced the two Envoys standing behind him. His

grave. “Any ideas on what’s happening?”

other’s eyes. They were part of an elite group, the four Envoys, each a master of their craft. The task was

companions had yet to ignite the flames. That meant

Golden Wolf, Owen’s ace

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respectfully to Owen and Alice, his voice a whisper of unease. “I’m not sure what went down,

didn’t start the fire, and they didn’t come back. It’s likely… they’re

Dead?

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a moment before he let out a slow. breath, his tone icy. “It’s safe to assume Alexander

shot a hateful glance toward the concert. She turned back, teeth gritted.

it easy,” Owen interrupted, his calmness belying the

narrowed his eyes and glanced at the Saunders family with a dark

us now; we can’t just jump the gun. Let’s head back, and get some rest tonight. We’ll call in the

and for

back to the concert venue, her face twisted with

resentment.

and Alexander might as well savor their last night alive. They would be dead come

morning light.

hitch, wrapping up smoothly with no

you enough for what you did

p.m., at the post–concert celebration, Wanda toasted Alexander and Amber, her eyes sparkling with gratitude and a touch

wine with a smile and a shake of their heads.

one of their artists–she was the face of New Chesire’s ‘Crystal Elegance Skin‘ skincare

a major blow to

be left to chance.

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