CHAPTER 260

Jake and Whitley did not understand why so many people from their organization was present at this convention center. Something like this never happened in the decade or so they worked in this organization. They never even heard of a situation when thousands of members gathered at one place for any occasion whatsoever.

At first, they were afraid because it was quite intimidating to see so many members. Even though they were silver-ranked skulls, they felt small compared to these numbers.

“Who’s throwing the party?” Whitley asked a woman who just smiled in return. “Why are you smiling when I asked you a question?”

“Shh,” she put her finger on her mouth.

That was a code signal of ‘silence’ which was generally used when there were secrets that shouldn’t be revealed.

Whitley understood that either these people also didn’t know the reason behind this party, or they knew and were not allowed to talk about it.

If it was the latter, then why weren’t Jake and Whitley told about it.

They couldn