When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0681

As Tina was heading back to her lodging, she overheard two staff members whispering, saying that someone high up was demanding answers and had even issued an ultimatum. It was something along the lines of if they couldn’t find her, they might as well quit!

What kind of connections, what sort of powerful influence, could cause that level of pressure? Tina felt a surge of anger, almost ready to storm up to them and yell, “She doesn’t have any connections or any influence! She’s nothing but a secondhand plaything my brother tossed aside!*

When Hansel called, she instinctively assumed it was about Miranda as well.

“Did you just say Miranda is missing? How could she go missing? Where are you now?” Hansel sat up abruptly, gripping his glass so tightly, he nearly crushed it.

Tina was taken aback. “You… you didn’t call to ask about Miranda?”

Hansel’s eyes flashed. His voice was steely as he pressed on, word by word. “Answer my questions. Why is Miranda missing? Where did she go missing? Where are you?”

Shocked by his intensity, Tina stammered, “I–I just heard the broadcast too… They said Miranda went missing in the tropical rainforest area of the botanical garden, and now the entire base is. ”

could finish,

at two cars and

“Wait, was that Hans just now? He took off faster than a rat!

Miranda sat with

the silent depths of the night, her hearing seemed sharper than ever. Droplets trickled

night birds and chirping insects added intermittent sounds, their cries magnified by the quiet night. Yet even with all this,

need to fear

nonvenomous.

botanical garden, which was vastly

that all she had to do was wait long enough, and

which was clinging to her skin. Fortunately, she was in a temperature–controlled area simulating tropical warmth, so it wasn’t too cold. She’d sought shelter between two rocks during the rain, forcing her to sit in a cramped

strength

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