Lost and Found: Return of My Mysterious Fiancee by KIKI

Chapter 1015: The Fragment

She could read bones. Even without seeing a person's face, she could discern their secrets through the structure of their bones.

Her master once said that Claudia's bone structure was something even he couldn't decipher.

If that were true, Claudia's real age was a mystery-or perhaps there was another possibility.

Claudia might be someone capable of altering her own bone structure.

Regardless of the truth, Tina was confident that if there was anything unusual, she would detect it.

Jared knew Tina's skill in reading bones, but he still hesitated, gripping her wrist tightly and reluctant to let go.

Tina pursed her lips and decided to compromise. "How about this... Uncle, you lift the cloth for me. Just expose one bone-any bone will do."

Only then did Jared grudgingly agree.

But before he lifted the cloth, he made Tina promise not to look.

Standing before the first corpse, Jared uncovered an ankle bone. The flesh there had been gnawed away by beasts, leaving stark white bone exposed.

Tina was used to such sights. Scenes like this no longer fazed her.

Thankfully, her mental resolve overpowered any physical discomfort. She felt no signs of nausea from her pregnancy.

Instead, she was calmer than ever, quickly shifting into work mode.

She focused her gaze on the exposed bone, narrowing her eyes in concentration.

The bone belonged to someone in their thirties. Their body bore the marks of hardship, but not for long-clearly, they had only endured suffering in recent years. A person with little fortune, prone to trouble.

Tina furrowed her brows slightly and withdrew her gaze.

This person's identity was almost certain.

It was Nancy, the woman who had clung to Claudia in the formation, indirectly saving their lives.

Tina shook her head. "She isn't Claudia."

The tacit understanding between her and Jared had long been established. A simple statement from Tina was enough for Jared to grasp her meaning.

They moved to the next corpse. This time, Jared uncovered a hand bone.

Tina only needed a glance before her brows knitted tightly together.

The bones were slender and delicate-clearly belonging to a young girl still in her growth phase.

This couldn't be Claudia.

clenched in an unnatural pose, as if she had

the hand carefully, her expression

couldn't see anything

was holding something, it

and tried to pry the hand open, but no matter how hard he tried, the

"Let me."

she flicked a silver needle from her fingers, precisely inserting

pried open the clenched hand. Inside was a

Tina and Jared recognized it

of its size, but because it was unmistakably a fragment of the Jade

he placed the fragment onto a tray, confirming

lips together, saying

suspicions were correct-the girl had likely been attacked from behind by Claudia, her heart ripped

to clutch at her attacker's clothing, inadvertently grabbing the already cracked Jade Armour fragment in the process. Even in

then, the researchers returned with

DNA was a

body, there

No identity.

at the fragment on the tray for

in my possession," she

fought so hard to obtain was useless when incomplete, reduced to nothing more than

help but wonder how Claudia would react to this

be hiding, but

Tina sent people to investigate recent missing persons, Claudia could easily exploit such a search, disguising

alter their

no DNA record? There

been trained and

better to wait for Claudia

corpses sent to

Jennie would at

returning to one's roots

the research facility, Jared asked Nathan to take Tina home while he went to the station to

surrounding the corpses would

over. They

figures waiting at the

one.

direction as she stepped

"Tina!"

"Tina!"

in surprise. "Mom? Sophia? Why didn't you