Chapter 513

"Ethan, I’m ready. Let’s get going." Isabella called out as she was putting on her earrings while walking down the stairs. No answer. She got down and saw him sitting straight on the couch, looking dead serious with his eyes glued to the news on the TV. "On the 16th, Moravia intensified airstrikes along the Xandria border under the banner of combating terrorism. Entire towns were turned to rubble, with countless civilians displaced. A frontline video captured a village being reduced to ashes within seconds..." Isabella came up behind him and her smile faded fast. She stared at the screen, face tight with unease. “Didn’t Ava mention her latest assignment was in Xandria?” Ethan’s brows furrowed deeper. “Yeah.” “Think she’s okay? Any word from her lately?” “Not yet. It’s not the check-in window. Hard to say.” His voice was always calm, objective. No sugar-coating, no false hope like “she’ll be fine.” But Isabella was used to it by now. “I asked her last time on the phone if she’d come bac