Under the heiress facade

Tyler answered, "Yeah."

Hera narrowed her eyes.

"You're the Grandmaster of Astral Nova?"

He put a finger to his lips to shush her and said cryptically, "That's a dangerous question to ask. It could get us into deadly trouble."

She frowned. She knew Astral Nova was a powerful and mysterious organization, but she never thought it would be so dangerous that she would run into deadly trouble if she asked about it. Then again, Tyler might not be lying if Astral Nova was so powerful that even the four influential families would bow to it.

And to think, Hera had unknowingly flirted with death when she repeatedly attacked Astral Nova's firewall the last time.

"The organization's inner workings can be highly political at times, but you can dig up any information you want through its network within minutes. So, how about it?" Tyler probed.

He was still smiling, his gaze beguiling and full of lethal charm. With a face like his, he could make anyone say yes.

Hera stared at him and asked, "So this is the third condition?"

She knew at once that he was not the Grandmaster

playing her for a fool and trying to trick

He was more than an illegitimate son who had been adopted by the Presgrave family to be trained and appointed as heir. "No, thanks. You said it yourself, I could

I were to join such a dangerous organization? It's too much

helpless. He had been threatened at needlepoint by

she might need a

just yet. Go home and

out

me your number, and we'll

when he added, "Besides, you should have a

man before her. She wondered about his identity and

from inactivity, he

one of these days, you'll learn that Bernard has been lying to you. You're welcome to join me

worksheet on his computer

moment, Samson knocked on the