Chapter 529

“It’s me!” Evander Sinclair quickly raised his hand. Ava Quarles’ gaze sharpened, and her grip on the gun trembled slightly before she managed to relax it. Seeing Ava’s pale expression, Evander realized something was off. He caught a glimpse of the table behind her, and when his eyes landed on the body, his face darkened. Stepping forward swiftly, he noticed the blood-written words on the table. Lowering his voice, he asked, “Captain, what’s going on here?” Ava shook her head, her mind a tangled mess. It was her birthday, after all. “Captain, this…” While Ava was lost in thought, Evander retrieved a USB drive from the rotund man’s body. Ava snapped out of it and forced herself to regain composure. “Take it. Clean up the blood and report back outside.” The leader of the operation listened to Ava and Evander’s report, then ordered others to board the ship for inspection. They eventually found about a dozen corpses in the cargo hold, all of them from the opposing side in this deal—dead fo