Not A Small-Town Girl

"Eat well, but don’t forget to think of me," David said, sounding reluctant to hang up.

"Okay," Danielle replied, hanging up. She looked up to see her subordinates staring at her. "What is it?"

"Miss Darling, we’re just curious. Who’s bold enough to be your boyfriend? I mean, what kind of guy gets to date you..." Denny rambled, thinking, ’Miss Darling is stunning, but she’s such an ice queen.

Doesn’t this guy fear getting frozen out?’

Meanwhile, David, completely oblivious to anything around him, stared at his phone like a lovestruck fool, still smiling even after the call ended.

Nathan had finally managed to capture the traitor and rushed back to report. As he entered, he saw his boss staring at his phone, grinning like an idiot. ’My boss is smitten,’ he thought. ’Miss Darling must have some serious magic. Nathan had never seen him like this before.

"What are you standing there for?" David’s cold voice cut through the air.

Nathan glanced at his boss. There it was-the usual authoritative tone. "Boss, we caught the traitor. Also, the doctors at Fortress have made the antidote. The infected have already been treated."

"Well, I don’t think I need to spell out how we deal with traitors, do I?" There was no need for David to get his hands dirty with this one.

Nathan, with his gentlemanly demeanor, was deadlier than he looked. Working at David’s side all this time had sharpened his edge.

"Don’t worry, boss. For him, death would be a mercy." With that, he headed out to deal with the traitor.

Wulf Clan.

The Wulf Clan leader was sipping his coffee leisurely when one of his subordinates entered. "Sir, we found some soldiers near our lab. We captured them."

"Soldiers? How did they make it to the border? I thought they didn’t care about this area," Jackson said, narrowing his eyes.

The man with the coffee shrugged. "They must have noticed the lab. It won’t be long before they send more."

Jackson’s eyes gleamed with a dangerous light. "If they want to die, we’ll help them. Send those soldiers to the lab for experiments."

"Yes, sir."

"Keep an eye on the army’s movements. And monitor Shadow Fortress and Hades Fortress closely," Jackson said coldly, his tone filled with menace.

"Yes, sir." The subordinate quickly left.

"Shadow and Hades are at the border. This fight will finish them for good, leaving the Wulf Clan in charge. Crazy how Shadow survived our plane bombing and even struck back. Can you believe that?" Jackson said to the man beside him.

The Wulf Clan had bombed Danielle’s plane the day she arrived, but they hadn’t expected it to land. Shadow Fortress planes were state-of-the-art, nearly indestructible. The fact it had been damaged at all showed just how much firepower they’d used.