"By the way, you have to be careful," Gina warned the Talnamese. "He's a martial artist or something."

It only left the Talnamese laughing.

"Don't worry, we're all martial artists too!"

"Hell, Talc is Ascendant rank!"

"Oh, we're really not worried about some Draconian martial artist. Not many people can best Talc in a fight, save for the Lord of the Southern Woods!"

For some reason, Gina felt a gnawing sense of foreboding as she watched the Talnamese joke among themselves confidently.

"You're so smart, Aunt Gina!" Cindy praised.

"Shut up! It's all your fault!" Gina snapped, and Cindy awkwardly turned away.

Cindy knew that after selling the ruby for just 500 million and spending everything in

to the black market, and they needed that much to buy it back. And since she did not have the money, she had to stage her own kidnapping to lure Gina to South Morhen, while getting the two billion

the remaining three billion either and had to call Helen, staging yet another kidnapping like

billion, so Gina sold out Frank as well

did not care about him at all anyway, and her family might well have a lot

was what she told herself even as she called Frank and told him

Screech—

brakes, stopping his Maserati outside one of the abandoned factories in

quickly thanks to

in sight ready

nodded solemnly at Frank. "My people are coming. They'll hang back and

to escape," Frank said bluntly, having a feeling his

Ned nodded again. "Understood!"

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