Always Been Yours

By the time Adam arrived, Joseph had already gotten out of bed.

"What are you doing here?" he asked puzzledly.

"I'm still worried about the whole situation with Remus' family so I came to discuss things with you."

Adam sat on the couch and shared his concerns. "Nicholas won't let things slide so easily. He and Kieran are close. I'm sure he'll do a thorough investigation."

Joseph chuckled.

"Doesn't that work exactly in our favor? I'd be more worried if that punk doesn't investigate the accident and focuses on our accounts instead."

"Aren't you afraid that he might link the accident back to us?" Adam stared anxiously at Joseph.

"Relax, Adam," Joseph laughed. "It can't be traced back to us. I had them prepare for all possibilities. Even if Nicholas looks into it, he'll only find what we want him to find."

Even so, Adam was still uneasy.

"That's not enough. I'm still worried."

"Why don't I have them do it again then? It'd be good for us too. If something happens to both Nicholas and Kieran, Remus' family would be thrown into chaos, and we can even take advantage of that situation to reap some benefits for ourselves."

attempt got to Joseph's head. He wanted to double down and do it again with Nicholas as the target.

"There's no point trying to do it again

on that idea.

reality, he knew he couldn't make a move against Nicholas now.

busy looking for Kieran, think of a way to delay Nicholas' investigations. I'll do my best to fudge the accounts and

at night back in Xerthania.

team had been searching for two hours but there was still no sign

river with a grim expression. The pressuring aura that emanated from him made it hard for others to breathe

scattered along the river as

leader of the rescue team walked over

earlier, but he wasn't inside. He must've escaped from

was frowning hard as he instructed coolly, "Since

of Master Kieran. I suspect that Master Kieran… must have sunk somewhere. There's… a chance

man's voice grew fainter toward the end and his calves began

was far

didn't want the leader of the rescue team to be scared out of his wits. That would

able to

voiced a

Master Kieran was swimming in the