Once arrangements were settled, Ace Kane entrusted Cathy Black with several matters— the most important being one thing: His identity must never be leaked. Cathy agreed without hesitation. As someone who had once worked closely with the most powerful families behind the scenes, she understood the gravity. Super-clan identities weren’t just “private”—they were dangerous. If an enemy family discovered Ace’s origins, the consequences could easily turn lethal. Ace had known this for a long time. Everything about him—except his real name and ID card—was false. Even the ID card used a legitimate identity of another person with the same name. With the resources of his birth family, such substitutions were trivial. At noon, Lora Hale and Ace took Cathy out for lunch. Thanks to Ace’s ea

