Beck stared at the dossier on Miranda, as well as the profiles of the few people who had been in the same prison with her. He spoke slowly, naming someone who was eerily similar, "Commander Ashcroft of Fort Titan."

Simon chuckled, "Yeah, aren't they quite alike?"

"But she's free," Beck replied suddenly, "Her soul is untamed and free."

That, indeed, was where the two differed.

Simon agreed with Beck on this point.

"And that's exactly why we need someone like her. Do you think Miranda only has these three people around her?" Beck glanced at the trio in the photographs: Marion, Maximus, and Crystal.

three. There might be others working in the shadows," Simon said, narrowing his eyes. "That girl,

her abilities?"

bargain when we need her, we don't need to worry about what she's up to on

working relationship with someone like Miranda was far more effective than trying to brainwash her. People like her, they

the importance that their superiors placed on Miranda. She possessed a unique ability unlike any other, one that could enable her to build an empire of

leaving the

might be related to NeuraCore, or perhaps because

their own gain. But to her surprise, their intention was to bring her back to the Hawke

around about her, she had Marion do some digging on Virelia's Hawke Group. Originally from Ardenza, the family had refocated hundreds of years ago due to war, putting down roots in Virelia. They ran a vast, family-owned enterprise, primarily dealing in raw materials for the defense industry,

Group had amassed their initial wealth through several wars, which allowed them to soar as a top-tier global business. She knew that Elian's company bore

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