Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 1306

Everyone watched Lydia, curiosity flickering in their eyes. “So, you want to use her to draw them out?” someone asked.

Lydia nodded. “That's right. We already have proof of their illegal deals, and we know where the cloning base is. But this time, we’re not just going after a few people. We’re taking down every last one of them. If we use Grace as bait, we can force all the hidden players to show themselves and finish this in one move.”

Someone chimed in, “Yeah, this is our best shot. We need to clean up our own house, too.”

After some debate, everyone agreed to Lydia’s plan. Each team started making their moves, careful to keep things quiet. They sent their best squad to the clone base, determined to rescue everyone who’d been replaced and wipe out the whole operation.

As for the Country D government, no one really believed they were clueless about the cloning research. If anything, they probably turned a blind eye or even helped make it happen. To keep things under wraps, the team decided to keep Country D’s officials in the dark. They’d take action first and deal with the fallout later. Once the base was exposed, the UN would step in, and Country D wouldn’t dare make a fuss.

Meanwhile, Lucinda was busy on her end. She’d already contacted a killer-for-hire, dropping fifty million just as a deposit. That was only the price to get in the door. Once they dug into the target’s background, they’d set the real price based on what they found.

Lucinda wasn’t worried, though. Grace’s card had a billion sitting in it. No matter what they charged, it would be more than enough to pay for Lydia’s head.

But then, everything went sideways.

She waited, nerves stretched tight, for three whole days. When the assassin group finally got back to her, the price tag made her jaw drop. They were asking for one billion. She checked the message again and again, but there was no mistake. One billion, straight up.

The answer was quick. “Miss, it’s clear you don’t know your enemy at all.”

And the contact wasn’t finished. He went on, each word cutting deeper. “From our research, she’s not just Miss L. She’s also the top race car driver NO1, Lorelei, Melody Mastro, Owen, the boss of the Lydora group, and a government agent. She has other identities, but we can’t reveal everything right now.”

It felt like a punch to the gut. Lucinda knew about some of those, but Lydora’s boss? Government agent? What kind of government agent? And there were even more identities?

“You must be making a mistake,” she managed, her voice barely above a whisper.