When he let go of the grip, he hastily clenched his fingers, hiding the bloodstain in


    his palm, "All the love, hate, and vendettas, my long-standing feud with


    Thaddeus... it all ends today.


    How could I not have Evadne by my side at such a crucial moment?"


    Hans frowned deeply, his gaze filled with confusion as if looking at a madman reveling in the apocalypse:


    "What are you nning to do?"


    "I know you''ve always had a soft spot for Evadne, sir, but you''ve never wanted to show it."


    Avery stopped his coughing and began buttoning his shirt slowly and elegantly, as if it were any other ordinary morning, "But even if you win Evadne, sir, you''ll never have her heart. It''s all an illusion, a grand dream.


    Her heart will always belong to Thaddeus. Unless."


    Hans''s gaze turned icy, he demanded, "Unless what?"


    "Hans, if you truly want to pledge allegiance to the sir, do as I say."


    Avery took Evadne''s delicate hand, kissed the back of her smooth hand gently, his fingertips lingering lovingly, "Onest time, consider it a repayment for the sir saving my life back in the day."


    ROSE Ind wasn''t as rugged andplicated as other undeveloped inds.


    Thaddeus and Elvis, with their agile and fierce movements, sped through the woods, swift as cheetahs, fierce as tigers.


    Both were top students from the military academy, especially Thaddeus, who had richbat experience in the wilderness.


    As long as Evadne hadn''t been secretly moved, finding her was just a matter of time.


    Before delving into the jungle, they had contacted their elder brother to lock in the ind''s coordinates through the Sky System and scanned the surroundings of the ind.


    No yachts or speedboats were found at the shore.


    Even if Avery tried to escape with Evadne on a boat, he wouldn''t b


    able


    O leave the Helgen sea b


    and would soon be locked on.


    This meant Avery could only escape by ne, but the ind wasn''trge.


    The noise of starting a ne was loud, effectively exposing his escape n. "Thaddeus, there''s a mansion ahead!"


    Elvis, peering through binocrs, spotted a white mansion covered in green ivy, barely visible among theyers of forest!


    Thaddeus took the binocrs and looked into the distance, his heart pounding wildly in his chest.


    "Could Evadne and Avery be there?!"


    Elvis''s eyes shone with hope, his voice trembling with tension, "After


    all the distance we''ve covered


    without seeing a single decent


    house, it must be there!"


    Thaddeus, his hands d in ck military tactical gloves, clenched his fist tightly,


    as if grasping his own heart:


    "Send the exact location to our big brother, let''s go check it out!"


    As soon as he finished speaking, both froze in their tracks -


    The sound of stepping on branches echoed, unusually conspicuous and eerie in the quiet woods.


    Then, Hans, dressed in a ck


    T-shirt, ck cargo pants, and ck Doc Martens boots, emanating an intense aura of dominance, casually stepped in front of them from the depths of the forest.


    Calm as a mountain, yet with a hidden threat!


    He exposed his face so openly, without any disguise, not caring whether


    Thaddeus and Elvis recognized him.