Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2295

In the blink of an eye, Shannon took several of them, including Velquin, straight to where the mysterious figure on the other side of the screen resided.

Back in the original room, only Thalia, Eddie, and Adam remained.

Eddie and Adam barely had time to register what was happening before most of the people crowded around the computer simply vanished into thin air.

Though long suspected that Fennec and the rest weren't exactly ordinary, Eddie still couldn't stop his eyes from widening in shock as he saw even Fennec disappear along with them.

Panic flickered briefly across his face.

"W-Where did they go?" he asked Thalia, who was obviously a part of their group.

Though Adam had always been a staunch believer in rationalism and a world without the divine, even he couldn't remain completely composed while watching several living, breathing people vanish into thin air right in front of him.

His reaction wasn't as overt as Eddie's, his gaze locked tightly onto Thalia.

It wasn't just the confusion or shock from what had just happened; it was something deeper. A foreboding sense of realization settled in his chest.

By then, he was sure that these so-called relatives of Thalia were far from ordinary.

The fact that they displayed this unnatural ability so openly in front of him could only mean one of two things…

Either they were entirely unafraid, so confident in their strength they saw no reason to hide, or they had a way to ensure that no matter what he witnessed, he would never be able to speak of it to anyone else.

Adam's instincts told him it was the latter. And with Thalia staying behind—well, that was her part to play in ensuring just that.

No wonder none of them had bothered to hide any part of their operation from him. They must've already planned to silence him, one way or another…