Yardley didn't answer the question. "Looks like you don't have what it takes to earn those mines," he sneered, and hung up.
Rudolf walked back into the room, his expression grave. "Sir."
"What is it?"
"Starla sent her men. We've been ordered to leave the country immediately."
Herbert's already pale face darkened. "Right now?"
His voice was heavy. Just for asking one question, she was kicking him out of Maxlandia?
Rudolf swallowed hard. "They also said..."
"Said what?"
"Leave immediately... or die."
The word hung in the air. *Die.* She had actually threatened him with death. His heart turned to ice.
"We need to pack," Rudolf urged. After seeing what Starla was capable of in Smaro Town, he knew she wasn't bluffing. If she had it in her to kill Fairfax, she wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger on Herbert.
Herbert felt a suffocating grip on his chest. Even as a man who had survived countless storms, his hands shook as he dialed her number one last time.


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