The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 601

The sun was setting as Felix returned to Canraville. He had planned to meet Xena, but she had been called to an urgent meeting in Yartford at the last minute.

Jack called just as he got home. Felix said, "Perfect timing. I just got back and brought some good food. Let's have a drink."

Jack's voice was hushed. "Buddy, we thought you'd gone off the grid."

Off the grid? Felix was puzzled.

"Nancy called you a few times. Why didn't you pick up?" Jack asked.

It was true that Nancy had called three times on Felix's way back. But how could he answer

they interacted, the more pain it

could tell Jack was probably

her birthday today.

me either. And ask Nessa to

understand. Wrong timing,

"Mr. Zeller, do you have time? A friend of

and it was a simple favor. He did

Felix was asked to drop by a suite at a five-star hotel downtown. As Felix approached the hotel, his expression suddenly

could sense others nearby. He had searched all of Canraville, and there should

the Dragons Destroyer technique could cultivate these Dragonspines. The chances of someone moving one were minimal. Lionel's piece came from an ancient technique that he had happened to come across. Victor, Felix's birth father, had another, which was understandable given the Greene family's power. But what

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if it moved beyond his sensing range. Besides, Jeffrey had said his friend