The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1534

One of the operatives had already pinned him down. "Talk. Where are Miller and the others?"

"They're in a cave."

Zeke's demeanor shifted instantly, replacing his panicked guise with a chillingly candid tone.

"Which cave?" Silas demanded, wary of walking into another trap.

"Not far ahead. I stumbled upon it by accident a while ago."

"Miller and I go way back. I never wanted to hurt him."

Zeke offered the excuse smoothly.

Silas let out a harsh scoff. "So, you're saying you only came out here to kill the rest of us?"

"Who gave you the intel? Who ordered you to set us up?"

The Daybreak Syndicate certainly worked fast, managing to radicalize a seemingly simple villager in record time.

"No one ordered me. I did it because I felt like it."

Zeke confessed far too easily, adopting a brazen, shameless attitude that practically screamed he was hiding the real truth.

"You felt like it? On what grounds?"

"Do you even comprehend that we're out here on a rescue mission?"

Even knowing Zeke was lying through his teeth, Silas was thoroughly enraged by his callous apathy.

"You're saving people, but you aren't saving me, so why should I care?"

"You people from the glittering capital, living your glamorous lives—what do you know about the misery of us nobodies?"

"You have money, and you think throwing a few bills around buys my life. Why should I show you any mercy?"

Zeke's logic was completely unhinged.

"When did we ever ask for your life?"

Silas couldn't comprehend the madness.

Zeke just flashed a chilling, hollow smile. "Didn't you? You dragged me deep into the deadly heart of The Aila Highlands. How is that any different from handing me a death sentence?"

"We swore to protect you. We weren't going to let you die," Silas countered, realizing the man's psychology was entirely warped.

But Zeke clearly didn't believe a word of it.

"If you could protect me, I wouldn't have gotten injured in the first place."

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