The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 573

"Bones?" Felix frowned, sensing there was more to those words than met the does that mean?"

eye. "What

Nala looked surprised. The Greene family had sought her out, instructing her to pass along this exact message. If Felix ignored it, she was simply to repeat the same words.

She hadn't expected it to actually catch his interest, making the whole situation even

stranger.

"I don't know what it means. Your father, Victor, asked me to tell you," Nala said.

Felix studied Nala for a moment before walking away, leaving behind a single comment. If I figure it out, I'll contact you."

As his car headed toward the airport, Felix remained deep in thought.

Bones? Did his biological father know something?

After all, how could anyone expect him to remember his childhood fascinations? On the surface, the phrase seemed meaningless, like idle chatter. But when "bones" were involved, the implications changed entirely. 11

While mulling it over, his phone buzzed with an incoming call from an unfamiliar number.

answered the call.

suspected, it

don't blame me for acting on

breath. "You want me to meet

he brought you into this world but didn't raise you. That's his fault. But the fact remains-he's

to answer despite the fact that it was his mentor speaking. "No,

don't."

tone was unusually serious and devoid

difficult? Victor isn't faking his death-his condition is real. I examined him years ago. This calamity was written in his

the illness? Felix was genuinely surprised. This was a first. In

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don't want to see him, make an

change. Nala's earlier words had already hinted at

me or for Victor?"

let this opportunity slip away. The Dragonspine fragments were essential; without them, the

long moment before sending Yvonne

Victor, the Dragonspine was non-negotiable. Meeting Victor

midnight by the time Felix returned to Canraville. As he approached his house, he noticed Yvonne sitting on