Her heart kept hammering in her chest, it was hard to keep a straight face as different thoughts kept overwhelming her.
Alpha Kalio.
She tried to think of any other circumstances under which the Midline might have been interfered with but his name just kept on ringing in her mind.
Suddenly, she remembered something she had somehow forgotten during her time in the mansion.
On that night on the train, when she had been trying to escape from Cider with Arik, the rogue had asked her why she was going to Ashfield of all places. That meant that Alpha Kalio had dispatched his searchers even to Ashfield.
The thing was that, the only thing standing between Ashfield and Echelon was the Military Midline.
The Military Midline was not just a mere boundary, it was a defining territory that broke the Republic of Valmere into two, that is, the Outer Metro on one side, and Echelon on the other.
