Love's Cunning Ruse novel Chapter 279

Hayden's sixth team was the elite of the aviation squad, trained by Miles.

When the aviation squad arrived at Sycamore Village, the yacht had lost contact for nearly three hours. Along with the elite squad came Payne and Julien.

As usual, he was carrying a large backpack. Karl took Ivan back to Whispering Pines in his private jet. And Kieran didn't tell Ivan about Julie's disappearance.

For Payne, being on the same plane as Julien was an exciting experience. However, if Julien knew Payne was on the plane, she probably wouldn't have gotten on it.

The town wasn't large, and there were only two small yachts docked at the coast. The town didn't rely on the sea for its livelihood but rather on tourism. The small yachts were mainly chartered for tourist groups.

However, both yachts had disappeared simultaneously. As the helicopter hovered over the sea, Payne was glued to his computer, his fingers dancing on the keyboard.

"Can you track the ships?" asked Julien, speaking to Payne for the first time since boarding the plane.

Despite his admiration for her, Payne was unhappy with her questioning his expertise.

"Of course, the ships are tracked via satellite signals. Can't a genius like me hack into a satellite navigation system?" he retorted. As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly tapped on the keyboard, crawled over to the pilot, and announced the coordinates.

The plane quickly headed towards the two yachts.

Half an hour later, they finally caught up.

However, both yachts, which had been moving, were now stationary in the water when Kieran arrived. One of them was leaking, and the whole yacht was tilting towards the sea. The other was simply floating quietly on the water, with no sign of life.

The plane circled above the undamaged yacht.

Kieran was the first to land on the deck. Julien grabbed the team leader's gun and handed it to Kieran. After catching it accurately, Julien also jumped down, leaving Payne alone in the plane, sticking half of his body out of the plane to look down.

From Payne's point of view, this was no different than a suicide mission!

He was seasick, okay?

Julien and Kieran split up. Julien checked the cabins, while Kieran headed straight for the cockpit.

In the end, Julien came back empty-handed, but Kieran found the unconscious captain in the cockpit...

"If she's not here, then..." Julien's words trailed off as suddenly...

"Don't move!" a group of men in life jackets surrounded Julien and Kieran.

Julien recognized the voice as familiar. She stood still until a man suddenly walked up to her...

This man, known as Gentry, had a missing arm. He had crossed paths with Julien before, worked under Miles, and then pleaded for Miles to spare him for a woman, cutting off his own arm as a price.

Julien had also worked under Miles. They both served the same beast, they're not exactly close, but they shared common experiences that outsiders wouldn't understand.

Gentry recognized Julien as well. He didn't know Julien's real name, but he called out in surprise, "Canary?"

Julien glanced at the gun pointing at her spine.

Gentry hurriedly waved his hand, and all his men put away their guns, though surprised.

"How did you end up here?" Gentry asked. They didn't know each other's real names, but Julien was well known as Canary. However, others didn't know her gender or appearance.

After following Hayden, Julien had only gathered information and no longer shed blood.

Julien showed Gentry a picture of Julie, "Have you seen this woman?"

Gentry took a close look at the photo and then at Kieran standing next to Julien. He shook his head and replied, "No."

"What about these two yachts..." Julien asked, implying she didn't quite believe what Gentry had said.

Gentry knew Canary was a tough character, so he added, "I was chasing someone here. There are rules here, so I can't tell you who it was, but I was set up. The ship had problems. But I haven't seen the woman in Canary's photo."