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

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 amount of

you’re referring to Lightning

to speak up for him to

clan like the Owens nurtured someone of Lightning Hank’s character.

and said firmly, “We might not know what he’s been up to, but what we do know is that he’s part of

if a b*stard like Lightning Hank

dares insult a member of the Owens

you

first?”

“I’m just a member of the Owens clan, someone unimportant. If you killed me, the clan would just pick another runner to talk to

pretty courageous of you,”

invitation letter in three days. The biggest clans of Seechertown will be there.

see what all those clans are all about, anyways,”

turned around and

frowned at once. “The clan seems pretty strong.”

L

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