Chapter 82

Chapter 82

Lorne's words hung in the air, the weight of them settling over everyone present.

Drake Jennings, Rhea Jennings, Caleb Valor, the nine soldiers, the Jennings family butler, even the five guards sprawled on the ground- they were all

frozen.

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Every eye was glued to the golden Promotion Order in Lorne's hand, a single thought echoing in their minds-

'No freakin' way.'

Five top-secret SSS-Rank missions. Eighteen SS-Rank missions. Nearly a hundred S-Rank missions!

And Lorne had said five years on the front lines. Five years to rack up a record like that? It was superhuman.

Even as their brains screamed it had to be some kind of mistake, no one dared question the truth of it.

The Vyrdenian Military's Promotion Order, held by Lorne, was as good as gospel. No one, not even Lorne Drakon himself, would dare fake one of those.

Rhea's sneer evaporated so fast it was like it had never existed.

She stared at Raven's composed face, utter disbelief plastered across her own. "Am I hearing things?' she thought wildly.

Her father, Drake, had completed a single S-Rank mission, and in her book, that made him a legend.

Raven-that bitch-had nearly a hundred

gaped at the Promotion Order, wishing

stood there, all puffed up,

his boots.

the face. Rhea Jennings had never felt

was on a

Vyrdenian military to have actually completed an S-Rank mission, he understood better than most just how insane

Rank. Pure luck he was still breathing. Just thinking about the

daughter, who he'd just pegged as some kind of

hundred S-Ranks?

SS-Ranks and five

the kicker-she'd joined the military at fourteen. All

of freak of nature was

long moment to find his voice."General Drakon, she...

already standing in front of Raven, didn't even glance

Order, his hands steady, and presented it to Raven with solemn

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Promotion Order, a playful smirk tugging at the corner of her lips. "General Drakon," she drawled, "talk about convenient

getting spicy? And not only that, but he was here to back her play, Promotion Order all ready to go? Turning

for her at this time, even preparing the Promotion Order for her promotion to general. If she refused again, it would seem that she didn't know

the teasing glint in her eyes, a genuine smile finally breaking through his stern facade. "Heard you'd tracked down your better half. Rushed right over, Coincidence, all coincidence." He winked. "But take

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