Soon, Vera watched as a tall, slender, and beautiful middle-aged woman entered with a stride of determination.

The rest were all faces Vera recognized, as Stephen Thompson—longtime butler of the Wades, following the middle-aged woman closely behind.

After him was the fake abbess whom Vera herself had met at Quiant Monastery, and the last to enter was Master Jeevika himself, the famous young Buddhist monk.

That begs the question: Who was the middle-aged woman?

Vera actually found her face fam