Hera had her phone on speaker as she received real-time updates from Sasha, allowing both Xavier and Alexandre to hear everything. They were stunned, completely shaken by just how far ahead Hera had thought. While the enemy took a single step, Hera had already taken ten in preparation to counter and strike back.
Not only had she managed to save herself from the assassination attempt, but she had also flipped the situation on its head and used it to track her would-be killers. At first, Xavier and Alexandre thought spending more than a billion on that negotiation was a steep price, something done out of desperation to save her life. But now they realized that Hera wasn't the type to take a loss. What looked like a surrender was actually a strategy.
