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.

then instructed Douglas through the earpiece, “Bring some searchlights,” before returning to the helicopter to resume searching through

in a thicket half a mile away. There were freshly broken branches, snagged wool fibers, and bloodstains on

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

here!” Nathan called out

aside his laptop and

clues he found.

fell in here. No wonder we couldn’t find

of the turmoil he felt. Yet, the tension

at the bushes that

to clear away the

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

and shone their flashlights down. However, the bearn failed to

beams extending up to 1,500 feet, they still couldn’t penetrate the depths, indicating the hole

have no idea what

expression nummed grave. The prospect of Hera falling from