Chapter 193

One day ago, Firehunters HQ. "It's been almost a month and the boss is still completely off the grid. Something's definitely wrong." In the underground meeting room, six core members of Firehunters sat around an oval conference table. "What was the last message he sent?" Rex tapped his knuckles on the table, the burn scar on his left cheek twitching slightly. Lena pulled up the encrypted log. "Made contact. Operation's on track. Going radio silent." The plan had always been for their boss to get close to the Carter family, pretending to serve Liam while playing out their real agenda under the radar. But after that message, everything went off-script. He cut off contact and treated Stella like crap, then somehow ended up with the Ravenners. Normally, Charles was the mysterious type—they were used to being left in the dark. Until... "But yesterday we got this from our mole inside the Ravenners." The holographic screen flickered to life, playing a blurry surveillance video: Charles was dr