Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 221-1 "You still have a few days left. Make sure to attend the assessments at Fortress regularly."

The group exchanged puzzled glances, feeling like Danielle was giving them her last words. What was going on?

"Danielle, has something happened? You can order us around, we’ll do whatever you need."

Juniper stared at Danielle’s face, searching for any hint of what she was thinking.

"It’s nothing. Just don’t slack off. Anything else?"

Her words were firm, but there was a quiet weight to them. The industries they were involved in had risen quickly, and she feared that once she was gone, enemies would target them.

While she was around, no one dared to act openly. But if she died, their laziness could give their enemies a chance to strike.

"Danielle, are you sure you’re alright?"

Lyla, who had sensed something was off, asked cautiously. But looking at Danielle’s composed face, she almost convinced herself that she was overthinking things.

chatty? Are you hoping

other matters to

her face. These were the ones

her phone, stood up, and walked out of the meeting

didn’t follow

she

your mouth with the ’farewell’ stuff. Stop

the same feeling, but their boss was Danielle. She was untouchable. Nothing was

too. Did you feel

to know, we would have figured it out

that, Danielle left Black Web

gathered their blood. Those people were strange—invulnerable, with long claws, and

there was the woman. She knew she had been poisoned. Only she and her mentor knew about it. If it hadn’t been for the poison attacking her in front of her family, they wouldn’t have known either.

different ends," the words echoed in Danielle’s mind. She wasn’t going to stop until she found the person hiding in the shadows. She needed to send more people to

him, but there was

aching head, she started