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.

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

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

an opening with signs of something that

called out to

set aside his laptop and joined

the clues he

in here. No wonder we couldn’t

a stole face, betraying none of the turmoil he felt. Yet, the tension around him

ordered after glancing at the

a few men to clear away the obstructing foliage.

an opening about six feet wide and 50 feet long. As it

down. However, the bearn failed to reach

up to 1,500 feet, they still couldn’t penetrate the depths,

more than 1,500 feet deep. We have no idea what the

expression nummed grave. The prospect of Hera falling from such a height loomed ominously.