"Bones?" Felix frowned, sensing there was more to those words than met the eye. "What does that mean?"

Nala looked surprised. The Greene family had sought her out, instructing her to pass along this exact message. If Felix ignored it, she was simply to repeat the same words.

She hadn't expected it to actually catch his interest, making the whole situation even stranger.

"I don't know what it means. Your father, Victor, asked me to tell you," Nala said.

Felix studied Nala for a moment before walking away, leaving behind a single comment. "If I figure it out, I'll contact you."

As his car headed toward the airport, Felix remained deep in thought.

Bones? Did his biological father know something?

After all, how could anyone expect him to remember his childhood fascinations? On the surface, the phrase seemed meaningless, like idle chatter. But when "bones" were involved, the implications changed entirely.

While mulling it over, his phone buzzed with an incoming call from an unfamil