Under the heiress facade

Chapter 259

As evening approached, Bernard used satellite surveillance to scan half

alf the mos

mountain. Eventually, he found Hera’s jacket deep in the forest.

Bernard descended from the helicopter and notified Aaron of its location. The group then swiftly mobilized, combing the area surrounding where the jacket was found

As darkness fell, Bernard’s expression grew increasingly grim. He was clutching Hera’s jacket so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

Aaron, who had been on more than a dozen 5–class missions with Bernard, had never seen him this tense.

He tried reassuring Bernard, saying, “Don’t worry too much. Hera will be fine. She grew up in the mountains and knows how to handle herself out here.”

“Yeah,” Bernard replied.

searchlights,” before returning to the helicopter to resume searching through

in a thicket half a mile away. There were freshly broken branches, snagged

through the bushes, they found an opening with signs of something that slid

called out

and joined Aaron at the

explained the clues he

fell in here. No wonder we couldn’t

onto Hera’s Jacket with a stole face, betraying none of the

after glancing at the bushes

men to clear away the obstructing foliage.

50 feet long. As it was hidden by the bushes, it was hard to spot even from aerial

their flashlights down.

they still couldn’t penetrate the depths,

We have no idea what the situation is down there,”

grave. The prospect of Hera falling from