The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1537

"Zeke, my friend, you've really outdone yourself this time. Bringing us such an exceptional batch of test subjects."

Zeke remained utterly silent.

In the past, he had only ever delivered the occasional stray hiker or arrogant trekker who ignored his warnings. Their lives meant nothing to him, so he had easily handed them over to Kael's team.

The facility required a steady stream of subjects, and he was happy to oblige.

But this situation was entirely different. He was just grateful that he and Kael's men still had a tacit understanding.

With both sides now holding hostages, the standoff was balanced on a knife's edge.

Nobody knew how this bloodbath would end.

Zeke's face was a mask of cold stone. "They aren't hostages unless you can actually keep them detained."

If they failed to hold the line, the entire syndicate operation would go up in flames.

"You underestimate us," Kael sneered, giving a subtle nod to one of his operatives.

The man immediately began to slip into the shadows.

"Where exactly do you think he's going?" Silas's voice cut through the cavern as he leveled his rifle directly at the retreating operative.

"I don't believe my men's movements are any of your concern, are they?" Kael replied, completely unfazed.

He had a row of restrained soldiers as leverage, while the Solenians only had Zeke.

Furthermore, the warriors of Sundara were perfectly willing to die for their cause. Fear was not a factor.

"What your men do is absolutely my concern when you're running an illegal black-site laboratory on Solenian soil."

"You didn't honestly believe you were going to walk out of The Aila Highlands alive, did you?"

Silas directed his words at Kael, radiating a cold, lethal authority.

Ironically, Kael was thinking the exact same thing.

Kael intended to slaughter every Solenian in the cave, and Silas fully intended to leave no Sundaran breathing.

"This is Solenia. It might be the border, but it's still our sovereign territory. You managed to slink in like rats, but you aren't leaving."

"There is zero satellite coverage in these mountains. Don't try to bluff and say you've already called in an extraction team."

Silas offered a chilling smile. "Are you really so certain I don't have my own methods of communication?"

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