His face broke into a grin.
"After the mission is complete and the rewards are distributed, we'll definitely return the favor properly!"
"Of course!"
"Thank you, Sir!"
The group thanked him enthusiastically, voices overlapping, before filing out of the room in high spirits.
Once the door closed, Brandon spat onto the floor and sneered.
"A bunch of idiots," he muttered. "Madam Elizabeth sent them here just to use them."
"They're smiling now," he continued coldly. "Once they enter the mountains, who knows what will happen. If the danger is high, they'll die without even knowing how."
*
Meanwhile, hidden in the shadows, Ryan's expression darkened.
This was bad.
If that map truly existed, Lutia village would soon become a gathering ground for all kinds of forces. That would undoubtedly interfere with his and Mary's plans.
Brandon himself was already a walking disaster. Letting him leave Durham County would only add one more enormous variable.
I have to stop him.
