Since Zorn was Birthright rank, Gene naturally had to be careful and gather enough men to deal with him.

In short, Frank had run straight into a metaphorical wall.

He had come to Drenam Limited too early, before Gene could deal with Zorn, which was why Zorn had misunderstood and thought that Frank came to pull a scam. "That's Gene Pearce," he said, pointing at the frail man who needed help walking.

"That's him? He looks... sickly," Helen murmured, though anyone could see that Gene was in bad shape.

"Yeah. Some people close to him poisoned him with a bug. I cured him yesterday, so he agreed to transfer those land deeds to me."

Helen was surprised. "Are you saying that Gene has broken his promise?"

"No, he didn't—we came too early, before he could sort out his personal issues," Frank replied, watching as over a dozen men entered Drenam Limited with Gene.

"This might get dangerous," he murmured with a frown, as none of the men Gene brought were Ascendant rank.

"What?" Helen asked, puzzled.

in thought for a moment before turning to Helen. "Drive back to Lanecorp right now. Gene is going to attack Zorn, and it's going to be a huge mess. You'll be in danger

you?" Helen asked

even scratch me." Frank smiled. "Did

picked up a document folder from

Frank nodded and

even as

go back to

.n

I'll

I'm done here."

wait. Be safe, okay?" Helen

"Yeah."

did not need words as they could both see the trust

Helen's car disappeared from view before turning back to look at Drenam

that Zorn was indeed Birthright rank from what he had

practiced the Dyadese

a rare technique, and

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