NovelEnglishChapter 96
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Suzanne furrowed her brows. “What happened to him?”
Lucas was equally puzzled. “I don’t know, but he’s probably busy.”
Suzanne closed the door after thanking Lucas.
Cole was the one who brought her dinner, and Lucas delivered her
supper.
“Madam, General Morrison is busy and won’t be returning tonight. He
said you should rest early.”
Suzanne was left speechless.
The next day at noon, Suzanne had finished reading all the books in the dormitory.
She felt bored and wanted to see Nathan but was hesitant about disrupting his work. Alternatively, she considered going to the lab to chat with the professors.
While she was still contemplating, she heard a knock at the door.
It had to be one of Nathan’s assistants again.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSuzanne hurried to open the door, finding a stranger in uniform standing outside.
“Hello, Madam,” greeted the man.
The only people allowed into the dorms were people from the Norvanian military.
“Hello.” Suzanne nodded.
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The man explained, “General Morrison askedto escort Madam to Building Six. He has something to discuss with you.”
“What’s in Building Six?” Suzanne asked.
“It’s where the IT Department is,” the man replied.
The IT Department?
Suzanne pondered for a moment before closing the door behind her. She quickly followed the man.
As they walked out of the dorms, the two soldiers at the door greeted the man, “Hello, vice-captain.”
The vice-captain nodded. “General Morrison askedto escort Madam to Building Six. It’s close by, so you don’t need to accompany us.”
“Yes, sir,” the two soldiers replied in unison.
Suzanne hummed at the realization that the man in front of her was
the vice-captain. Any doubt she had about him was abandoned, and she followed him with peace of mind.
Suzanne trailed behind the man for a long time. She scanned her
surroundings and took note of how narrow the road had become. woods beside them were also growing thicker, and there were no buildings along the road ahead.
Suzanne stopped in her tracks.
The vice-captain turned to look at her. “Is something the matter, Madam?”
The more Suzanne thought about it, the more something seemed amiss. She knew Building Five’s location; Building Six should be nearby.
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Why were they going in the opposite direction?
She ignored the vice-captain’s question and quickly took out her phone to call Nathan.
She stumbled back nervously and shot the man a cautious look.
Nathan soon answered her call.
“What’s wrong?” cNathan’s gentle voice.
Suzanne was nervous and asked in a hurry, “Did you send someone to pickup?”
As soon as he heard this, Nathan’s voice turned to one of worry. “No. Where are you?”
Suzanne looked around and gave a quick description. “There’s a wooden house here.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmNathan grew anxious and told her, “Go west. Hurry, there should be soldiers about 100 yards from where you are.”
In the next second, the man snatched the phone from Suzanne and
ended the call.
Without missing a beat, Suzanne turned and ran.
The vice-captain sounded angry. “Suzanne York, you’ve betrayed the clan. Do you think you can get away that easily?”
Suzanne’s heart pounded and she halted in her steps. She turned. around and gave the man a confused look.
The man flashed her a sinister smile but made no move to close in on her. Since there was a safe distance between them, Suzanne wasn’t as scared anymore.
The man muttered faintly, “The clan has put in so much effort to nurture you. We went to great lengths to get you close to Nathan
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was to find Winkler’s whereabouts and obtain hydronium.”
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you could steal their country’s secrets. Your missio
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He continued in a low voice, “Yet you went and betrayed the clan. Not only did you fail the mission, you even fell for that bastard.”
Suzanne was shocked. She asked with a trembling voice, “I… I’m part of Nightshade Clan?”
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