Salute To The General

Nathan asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Colin covered the phone with his hand and whispered, "The Peacekeeping Forces sent a message earlier saying that they were ambushed when they were escorting Ava back. The team that was with her is all dead, and she's gone missing." Nathan's expression darkened at the news.

Colin continued, "I was just trying to find out who did this when the culprit called me."

Hearing that, Nathan's gaze fell on the phone in Colin's hand.

Colin added, "That's right. The culprit's on the line right now. He's saying that Ava's still alive, and that he wants to talk to you." Nathan frowned.

Standing aside, Mueller watched how Colin kept whispering to Nathan, and how the latter's face was darkening by the second.

Worried, he asked, "Mr. Cross, is there something wrong?"

Nathan shook his head. "No. Please excuse me for a moment."

he left with Colin and walked toward a quiet spot

hand, put it to his ear, and uttered coldly,

other end of the line. "Nathan, is that

replied coolly,

chuckled again. "My name's Antonio. As for who I am... you don't

you will come over to the Black Swan Castle alone at twelve o'clock tonight. Remember, only you can come. If I see another person with you, I promise that you will only see Ava's cold,

It's a trap! If they want to kill me, just let

me as bait to lure you here,

come-

It was unknown

drastically. He called out

Ava could be seen tied to a chair, her mouth covered by Gianna. "Lass, you'd better shut

done what she set out

already gave Nathan a warning while Antonio was on a call with him earlier. I even asked him not to come to rescue me. I'm sure he will do the right thing by not taking the risk. He's now the president of Eurasia, after all. His life is much more precious than