Under the heiress facade

Tyler's car was idling outside Youngworth Miracle Clinic.

He watched Hera enter the clinic, his phone pressed to his ear as Bernard's icy voice sounded from the other line, "Stay away from her!"

"And what if I don't want to? What are you going to do about it?"

Tyler smirked as he said defiantly, "She's not your property. Besides, she never belonged to you in the first place. You just got a head start, that's all." "You'll regret this!" Bernard growled.

"Oh, my, I'm shaking-" Tyler was cut off by a beeping sound when Bernard hung up on him.

He stared at the dimmed phone screen, his smile slipping. He was just as good as Bernard. The latter had no right to act superior.

Snorting, Tyler steered the car away from the clinic and drove back to the Presgrave residence. He was halfway there when he received a call from his assistant.

you to leave for the mission in Astenia

mission assigned to the Tenth Elder?" Tyler asked,

to take up a mission in that godforsaken place. "I heard one of the Elders recommended you for the mission, so

this. He knew Bernard was one of

pettiness. He vowed to uncover Bernard's true identity in Astral Nova

...

They were each reading a book on computer programming, but that was only on the surface. In truth, they had

the information on Camille's special medication, which was about to hit the market. She logged onto Shadow's account and clicked on her

typed, "What are the requirements

exited the news feed. He glanced in Hera's direction curiously, wondering why she was asking such a random question and whether Tyler had anything to

Nova, he replied, "The organization isn't looking to recruit anyone for

that she couldn't even know the joining criteria?