Ethan didn't even need to see Elara's face to notice that she was feeling left out, but he just smiled to himself. He was already standing behind her after tying the necklace around her neck, and this time he wrapped his arms around her, hugging her from behind.
"Don't worry, you can come to the base whenever you want and will be an unofficial Enforcer."
She blushed slightly, closing her eyes to savour his embrace.
"Why can't she just join?" Mark asked, genuinely curious.
"According to Greg, they want to use her as a way to bring balance to Titan. Not only would we be the first country with two S Ranks, but it would allow them to use each of them to keep the other in check."
That made sense, and right now Titan could essentially do what he pleased.
But that raised two questions.
"Can she really become an S Rank? And who's this Greg dude?"
Kaela answered this time.
