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

The more they interacted, the more pain it would

you with Nancy right now?" Felix could tell Jack was probably calling from

it's her birthday today.

you couldn't reach me either. And ask Nessa to stop playing matchmaker. Nancy's a

timing,

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

He did not turn Jeffrey down

by a suite at a five-star hotel downtown. As Felix approached the hotel, his expression suddenly changed. "There

inside him, he could sense others nearby. He had searched all of Canraville, and there should not be

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

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beyond his sensing range. Besides, Jeffrey had said his friend was