"Hold on tight."


    The words had barely left her lips when the car shot forward with a sudden, violent eleration. The force of the wind contorted Ebony Fox''s face as she scrambled to grab the handle, feeling as though her soul was being left behind as the car raced ahead. She''d always considered herself a bit of a wild driver, but she never imagined her younger sister was even crazier.


    Juniper had the pedal floored, and sparks flew as the car''s door scraped against something, the entire vehicle tilting at a dangerous angle. Anyone else would have flipped, but Juniper remained unbelievably calm, even finding a moment to unwrap a lollipop and pop it in her mouth.


    Watching Juniper''s unppable performance, Ebony Fox''s eyes grew wider and wider.


    "Here, you have one too," Juniper said, sparing a hand to stick a lollipop in Ebony Fox''s mouth.


    *Screech-*


    A sharp turn followed, and the car wove through a dense pack of vehicles. *Bang! Crash!*


    The pursuing cars couldn''t react in time and ended up crashing into the roadside ditches.


    "Tch." Juniper nced back, a cold, mockingugh escaping her throat. "What a joke. A bunch of useless trash!"


    Ebony Fox felt like the G-forces were about to shake her soul from her body, but she managed to hold on to the lollipop her sister had given her. The men chasing them were the Huntsman Institute''s top elites. Maybe it wasn''t that they were useless... could it be that her sister was just that ridiculously good?


    After losing Ewan''s men, Juniper finally eased off the gas.


    "This whole area is Ewan''s turf," Ebony Fox said, sucking on her lollipop. She''d never tasted anything so sweet. "He won''t give up. Be careful."


    "That was just the warm-up." Juniper flexed her wrists, a bright smile spreading across her beautiful face. "Bring on more. I''m in the mood for some bumper cars." Bumper cars? Ebony Fox stared, the lollipop in her mouth rendering her speechless. Sure enough, not ten minutes of peace passed before all of Ewan''s men converged on the dock. Men poured out of cars, surrounding Juniper and Ebony Fox.


    nked by his bodyguards, Ewan strode forward with an air of absolute authority. He looked down at the two young women and sneered, "If I just let you two leave, wouldn''t the Huntsman Institute be aughingstock?"


    Juniper told Ebony Fox to stay in the car, then pushed the door open herself. She leanedzily against the car''s frame, her beautiful eyes


    narrowing ifcant learned


    the


    Huntsman Institute, *I''d be theughingstock."


    "I know you have the Subterra Vanguard backing you, so I wouldn''t dare touch you myself," Ewan sneered, having already worked out his excuse. "I''m just doing the Sigma Network a favor. They''ll be the ones to capture you not me If the Subterra Vanguard wants to settle a score, they can''t me me."


    "Wow," Juniper said, finishing her lollipop and tucking the stick into her pocket. She raised an eyebrow. "So clever. Should I give you an award?"


    Ewan''s smile froze. He moved his lips in disbelief. "Are you mocking me?"


    "I''m not mocking your mother," Juniper said with a twitch of her eyebrow and a slight curl of her lips. "I''m mocking your entire family tree."


    "Specter!" Ewan raised his gun, ring at Juniper with unbridled fury. "Don''t push your luck, you little brat!"


    "Leader—" one of his men quickly grabbed Ewan''s arm. "The Sigma Network is here!"


    "They''re here?" Ewan''s expression changed.


    "Yes, sir," the subordinate replied respectfully. "And we heard their leader came in person."


    The leader of the Sigma Network? At those words, the smile on Juniper''s face


    slowly vanished, reced by a cold glint in her eyes.


    "Scared now?" Ewan gloated, seeing the change in her expression.


    To think, the leader of the Sigma Network himself hade to capture the head of


    the Subterra Vanguard! This was going to be good.