Chapter 27

Wilbur observed lan carefully. He seemed to recall hearing his last name being mentioned by Lightning Hank earlier.

“Can we talk inside?” lan said politely.

Wilbur smiled and then turned to look behind him. Faye had sat up with the blanket on her legs.

He bowed slightly. “Come in.”

lan made his way to the living room slowly, sitting down on a corner of the couch. Wilbur sat down next to Faye and lit a cigarette. “How may I help you?”

lan looked at Wilbur and said, “Lightning Hank’s dead.”

“Oh well. He deserved it,” Wilbur said calmly.

lan frowned. “The Owens clan started out as a small escort business before switching to corporate when the new Dasha was formed. Nevertheless, we’ve always been good fighters in the past centuries.”

does that have to do with me?” Wilbur

respond to Wilbur’s question but said, “Clans like ours place value on keeping our true strength hidden to the outside world, and we’ve built up enough of a name for ourselves to deserve a decent

referring to Lightning Hank,” Wilbur

done a lot for the Owens, and I have to speak up for him to some extent if something happened to him. I wouldn’t be able to face the rest of the clan

clan like the Owens nurtured someone of Lightning Hank’s character. It truly is a shame,”

what we do know is that he’s part of the Owens clan. Now that he’s dead, someone has

that great if a b*stard like Lightning Hank came out of there,” Wilbur said calmly.

a rage at those words. “Anyone who dares

that so? Aren’t you afraid that I might kill you

first?”

smirked. “I’m just a member of the Owens clan, someone unimportant. If you killed me, the clan would

pretty courageous of you,” Wilbur

got to his feet and spoke in a deep voice, “You’ll get an invitation letter in three days. The biggest clans of Seechertown will be there. I hope

see what all those clans are all

He turned around and walked out of

once. “The clan seems pretty

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