Chapter 1230 Fate
Indeed, that was the first mission he had received after becoming a high-ranking military officer. However, that was a top-secret mission, so he never told anyone about it.
At the start, after finding Heather, he wanted to bring her home.
However, by the time he found her, the political scene in the country was changing again. He then received orders from his higher-ups to keep Heather’s real identity a secret.
That included not reporting back the status of the mission.
In the end, the mission was put aside.
As Shin was a busy man back then, who often headed overseas to deal with peacekeeping and anti-terrorism activities, he assigned someone he trusted in his team to protect Heather.
That person was Rufus Wand.
Hearing all this, Sasha was astounded. She never thought that her parents’ history would have such twists and turns.
Judith Silvester?
I’m the granddaughter of the famous founding mother?
“Master, is… is everything you said true?”
“Yes. You can even ask your father about it if you don’t believe me,” Shin said, his tone much softer when he spoke to her earlier.
Sasha opened her mouth, but no words came out from them.
At that moment, she recalled that her mother did have poor health. After she was born, her mother had undergone all kinds of treatment. That was why when Sasha was eighteen—when the Wand family went bankrupt and her father was sent to jail—her mother passed away.
At that memory, Sasha’s eyes reddened.
“So what? Do you really think that I’d be scared just because she’s Judith’s granddaughter? I’ll let you know right now that I’m going to kill anyone who stands in my way! I don’t care if she’s Judith or even Louis! As long as they’re in my way, I’ll kill them all!”
Like a madman, Eddie roared out those words before shoving Sasha into the car.
Realizing what Eddie was doing, Shin finally lost his calm demeanor and made a mad dash toward him. Yet, at that moment, the familiar pain under his right lung flared again.
Strength sapped, he could not even snatch a gun away from anyone before stumbling backward.
“Shin!”
“Master!”
Sabrina, Edmund, and the other monks let out an alarmed cry as they rushed toward him.
Right before he fell to the ground, they caught him.
During those few seconds, Eddie had left the temple with Sasha. By the time they realized it, the car was long gone from their line of sight.
At that, their eyes dimmed, losing all hope.
In the evening, when Sebastian brought his men to the temple, everything had returned to its peaceful state.
Bathed in the light of the setting sun was the thousand-year temple. The monks had yet to clean up the mess, so when Sebastian arrived and stepped out of the car, he noticed right away that something was wrong.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his handsome face was unshaven, making him look haggard and worn out.
However, the first thing he did was to hoarsely question, “Was he already here? Where is he now?”
Sabrina was still by the doorway of the temple. She looked at him with equally reddened eyes and choked out, “Why didn’t you come earlier? That b*stard has taken her. Chances are, he’s torturing her right now as we speak!”
Sebastian froze.
For a moment, all he could hear was a shrill, buzzing sound. Then, his already pale face turned completely colorless.
He had made the decision.
Back then, in an act of desperation, Eddie had tried to destroy the entire White House. He had somehow gotten his hands on nuclear bombs and planted them in the military base, planning to pin the blame on the country’s army after blowing up the place.
Hence, Sebastian had chosen to deal with that first.
He thought that he would make it by rushing to the temple after he was done.
In the end, it seemed that he had overestimated his capabilities, for he was only human. He had saved others, but in doing so, he failed to save the one he loved.
“Sebastian? Sebastian!”
“Sabrina, do you know what you’ve just said? How could you put all the blame on him like this? Don’t you know what he has been through these few days? Are you trying to kill him?”
At one point in time, someone else drove over. When he saw Sabrina’s confrontation, he began berating her.
Nevertheless, it was too late.
Sebastian could no longer hear anything. His vision turned blurry and the world looked like it had lost all its luster. The words uttered by Sabrina had pierced through his chest and ripped out his beating heart.
“Urk—”
He coughed up a mouthful of blood before falling to the ground.
Sebastian was no saint, nor was he a mastermind in the grand scheme of things. All he wanted was to spend a quiet life with his family.
How did things turn out like this?
Carrying Sebastian into the temple, Devin saw the blood that was trickling from the corner of the former’s lips. Unable to contain his emotions anymore, hot tears escaped his reddened eyes.
