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.

the call.

he suspected, it

don't blame me for acting on my

a deep breath. "You want me to

That's his fault. But the fact remains-he's the reason you exist. And he's dying. Don't you want to see him, even

despite the fact that it was his mentor

don't."

His tone was unusually serious and devoid

his death-his condition is real. I examined him years ago. This calamity was written in

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

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a fragment of Dragonspine. Even if you don't want to

earlier words had already hinted at this, and

doing this for me or for Victor?" Felix

let this opportunity slip away. The Dragonspine fragments were essential; without them, the technique could never be perfected.

moment before sending

how much he resented Victor, the Dragonspine was non-negotiable.

Canraville. As he approached his house, he noticed Yvonne sitting on a bench nearby, her expression desolate, as if her life had lost all