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 asked

“Clans like ours place value on keeping our true strength hidden to the outside world, and we’ve

to

“Lightning Hank was my father’s pupil. He has 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

that a clan like the Owens nurtured someone of Lightning Hank’s character. It truly

what we do know is that he’s part of

great if a b*stard like Lightning Hank came out of

into a rage at those words. “Anyone who dares insult a member

you afraid that I

first?”

you killed me, the clan would just pick

courageous of you,” Wilbur

invitation letter in three days. The biggest

like to see what all those clans are all about, anyways,” Wilbur responded coldly.

not continue the conversation. He turned around

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

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