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 calling from the

today. She

ask Nessa to

timing, I

he hung up, Jeffrey called. "Mr. Zeller, do you have time? A friend of mine is sick. Could you take a

and it was a simple favor. He did not turn Jeffrey down for this reason. "Of course. Just tell me where to meet

suite at a five-star hotel downtown. As Felix approached the hotel, his expression suddenly changed. "There seems to be a Dragonspine here?" he muttered

of Canraville, and there should not be another piece here, according to the map. Why was

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 was this? Despite his

Charter 601

Jeffrey