Although Cindy gave her confirmation, she was already gearing up herself. Without hesitation, she contacted the Avery Family’s private army—a force composed of elite combatants, many of whom were forr army, marine, and air force veterans personally poached to serve the Avery estate.
This formidable force was one of the hidden cards that made the Avery family a target of envy and ambition.
The so-called vultures and wolves circling the Avery legacy had long coveted this private army. With its advanced weaponry and specialized training, it was more than capable of turning the tide of a small war, possibly even seizing control of a region if mobilized.
To outsiders, it was a terrifying but underutilized power—wasted, they thought, in the hands of the Averys, who only deployed it for rescue operations and protection rather than domination.
To them, the Avery family’s restraint was weakness. But they had no idea what would happen once that sleeping beast was truly unleashed.
As Cindy geared up, she fitted a Bluetooth earpiece and swiftly contacted one of the Avery family’s hidden departnts—the one responsible for mobilizing their elite combatants.
Her voice was sharp and decisive as she instructed them to gear up and head directly to the designated location where Hera would arrive. From there, they would board the military choppers and be deployed imdiately.
Once the call ended, Cindy dialed the private hangar to prepare the helicopters that would carry over a hundred fully trained operatives.
She ordered them to ready the necessary ammunition, tactical gear, and ergency supplies.
Simultaneously, the hangar staff submitted an urgent request to aviation authorities for an open priority air passage—a rare clearance that ensured the airspace would be cleared of civilian aircraft, allowing ergency military-grade flights to take off and fly uninterrupted.
Typically, such clearance was only granted during large-scale disasters or top-tier rescue missions. But thanks to the Avery family’s longstanding influence and deep-rooted ties to the aviation sector—especially through their privately owned airport—the request was quickly approved.
With the airspace cleared and coordinated, the Avery fleet would be able to move swiftly and safely toward their destination, ensuring Hera’s extraction team would arrive without delay.
Knowing the hangar team would handle the situation, Cindy shifted her focus and contacted the armory to provide top-of-the-line weaponry for their combatants.
These advanced weapons were developed through research projects and military contracts funded by the Avery family. Because the Averys contributed heavily to various departnts and charities—including research facilities and national defense—they were granted considerable privileges.
Once weapon blueprints passed testing and developnt phases, the Avery family had early access to the finished products. They were also given priority when it ca to selecting retired military veterans and promising recruits.
High-ranking officials would even send curated lists directly to the Averys for them to choose from.
Why would the military allow such an arrangent? Because it ultimately served the nation as well.
The military, after all, has a fixed budget to cover salaries, maintenance of equipnt, vehicles, and more. Once soldiers completed their required service ti, they were eligible to retire—but for many, retirent ant slipping into civilian life and taking up mundane jobs, that aligned to their skills or experience.
By absorbing these veterans into their own private army, the Averys not only ensured the soldiers continued doing aningful work, but also helped the nation by easing the burden of reintegration and making use of elite, battle-hardened talent.
Many of these soldiers couldn’t easily reintegrate into society after their service. So ended up holess, plagued by ntal health issues developed during their ti in the military.
After all, the most skilled among them often served in warti, deployed to the most chaotic and violent regions—where fighting and killing were daily realities. It was no surprise that many returned ho with PTSD and other psychological scars.
Reentering civilian life and living "normally" again beca nearly impossible for them.
Recognizing this struggle, the higher-ups in the military began offering recomndation letters to help these veterans find new roles—as office workers within the military, or as bodyguards to influential families. In many cases, these bodyguard positions were essentially recruitnt into secret private armies for those elite families.
But the Avery family operated differently.
While they, too, accepted retired veterans into their ranks, they used them not for private power plays but to serve the public good—deploying them during disaster response, terrorist threats, and other ergencies when national departnts were stretched thin.
More importantly, the Avery family didn’t just employ these veterans—they supported them. They provided therapy, rehabilitation, and a purpose, ensuring these n and won didn’t fall further into darkness.
At tis, the Avery family also deployed these veterans to help de-escalate private conflicts—such as territorial disputes between gangs or organized cri syndicates. Given the high-risk nature of these missions, they were compensated with generous salaries.
And when they reached an age where frontline participation was no longer viable, they weren’t discarded—they were transitioned into vital support roles.
These veterans beca strategists, instructors, and ntors to the younger generation, sharing their invaluable experience and guiding new recruits. Within the Avery family, their treatnt resembled that of high-ranking military officials.
However, entry into this elite circle was highly competitive. The Avery family upheld rigorous standards—not only evaluating one’s skill and tactical ability, but also closely monitoring the quality of their character. Only the best were welcod, and fewer still earned the trust to stay.
It was precisely because of the Avery family’s imnse power that they often beca a target. Their influence ca with great responsibility, and they had long entered into an agreent with the governnt that placed certain restrictions on their actions.
While the Avery family could have chosen to reject the terms—like many other powerful families—they accepted them as a gesture of goodwill, to prove they had no ill intentions.
This agreent, however, also ant that even though they possessed a formidable private army, they couldn’t freely deploy it even when besieged from all sides. Their hands were tied.
And this is also one of the reason of their downfall in the novel.
But that was then. Now, Hera saw things differently.
She knew that using the Avery’s private forces out of the blue would undoubtedly raise flags—especially among governnt departnts and the opportunists circling the Avery like vultures and wolves.
Still, she had no choice. Fortunately, the Avery family’s long-standing reputation as philanthropists had earned them a degree of leniency. The governnt, for the most part, had been more relaxed with them compared to others.
With only a short window of ti, their priority access to the air passage was granted. Hera knew this would be her only chance to save Leo, so she didn’t hesitate to use her family’s private army.
Unlike before—when she quietly deployed a small team to rescue Rafael—mobilizing over a hundred elite combatants was no longer sothing that could be brushed off as a simple operation. This was a full-scale deploynt, a clear signal that Hera was preparing for a serious confrontation.
While Cindy handled the logistics, Hera was already racing through the streets toward the outskirts, heading straight for the location Cindy had sent her. Her anxiety was eating her up as she pushed the limits of her car, blowing past several red lights and pushing the gas pedal to the floor.
Thanks to her exceptional driving skills, she arrived in under thirty minutes—but to her, it still felt like an eternity.
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