Chapter 1431
The assistant looked at Serena with absolute terror.
He finally realized… standing in front of this girl, even death was a luxury he might not be granted.
He would only face a fate worse than death!
He blinked frantically.
Serena threw a sidelong glance at the task force.
The operatives immediately moved in, locking specialized restraints around the assistant.
Only then did Serena reach out and snap his jaw back into place.
“Talk p>
A single, quiet command.
Gasping for air, the assistant stammered, “I-I was only following orders p>
Jasper scoffed. “Skip the useless excuses p>
The assistant’s lips trembled. His eyes darted uncontrollably toward Alaric, who was still pinned near the doors.
Alaric’s face contorted in rage. “Shut up p>
He thrashed and roared.
Only to be shoved down harder by the task force.
Serena lifted her gaze to him. “You don’t have the right to silence anyone anymore, Chairman Sinclair p>
Alaric ground his teeth together.
An operative grabbed him and slammed him face-first into the wall, smashing his features flat against the paneling.
Even if he tried to speak, all that came out were muffled grunts.
Trembling violently, the assistant finally confessed. “It-It was Chairman Sinclair. He ordered me to smuggle the chip into the Severian isolation ward p>
“The chip contained Dr. Geoffrey Grant’s medication logs p>
“They needed to confirm if there was any chance Dr. Grant would wake up p>
“If he woke up, he would expose the clues Aria Wynn left behind p>
“So… so they had to silence him p>
Hearing this, the Lancasters’ expressions turned dangerously dark.
Aria Wynn.
Serena’s grandmother.
She had been targeted by the Obsidian Sun years ago, forced into hiding in a remote, destitute mountain village like Blackwood Creek.
And now, not only had the Sinclair family targeted the rescue protocols in Serena’s hands, but they had also zeroed in on DraGeoffrey Grant,
Alaric’s face was chalk-white, yet he kept his jaw clenched, slurring, “Absolute nonsense p>
Serena ignored him, her eyes still on the assistant. “Go on p>
The assistant swallowed hard. “Chairman Sinclair isn’t the top of the chain. He’s only the domestic financial hub p>
“The one who actually receives the data is The Raven at The White Tower p>
“The money from the Sinclair
Foundation gets laundered into relief
funds through the stations, then
wired into Whitecliffe Harbors
offshore accounts p>
“What they want this time is the complete neural recovery data of the first batch of critically ill Severian experts p>
“And p>
As if recalling something truly horrifying, his pupils dilated wide. “And the missing
half of the data from Aria Wynn’s manuscript p>
The missing half.
It was, of course, in Serena’s hands.
It was what her grandmother had left her.
The Obsidian Sun’s target was the other half of her grandmother’s surviving research data.
The temperature in Serena’s eyes dropped further.
She looked at the task force commander. “Take him away for now. Have your techs
crack the chip and sync the data over to me p>
Her tone was undeniably an order, a command from a superior.
And yet, the leader of the leade
highest-ranking federal oversight task force instantly snapped to attention, throwing a crisp salute
“Understood, Miss Serena. Leave everything to The Federal Oversight Task Force. We will ensure you receive a satisfactory outcome p>
His attitude was respectful to the extreme.
The guests were utterly floored as they stared at Serena.
Just what kind of identity did this Lancaster heiress hold?
How was it that even the commander of a federal task force treated her with such absolute reverence?
Could it be p>
Her rank was actually higher than the commander’s?
Alaric, his assistant, and the plants disguised as waitstaff were all rounded up and hauled out by the task force and the Dragon-Thorn Squad.
The remaining guests inside the banquet hall still couldn’t snap out of their shock.
Especially the Montgomery family, who had been the loudest instigators earlier. They looked as though they had swallowed a mouthful of flies.