Chapter 12

James pouted helplessly.

“Get me the dress from my closet,” Thea said, ignoring him. “There’s an important banquet tonight.”

James stood and walked toward the closet. “Which one, dearest?” he asked, opening the closet door.

“The white one, with the V-neck.”

“That won’t do. You can’t expose yourself in public like that. This one looks good.” James grabbed a black, high-neck dress and handed it to Thea. “Oh, right. What’s the banquet for?”

“Rowena Xavier- of the Xaviers- is hosting an auction banquet. There’ll be lots of great items there, so almost everyone that is attending will be famous in one way or another. I’m going to expand my network while I’m there.”

James paused when he heard that, but recovered immediately. “Need me to give you a ride?” he asked.

“I’ll take the cab.”

“Oh, okay then.”

Thea left after changing into her dress.

James left soon after, giving her family a random excuse as he did.

In the Xaviers’ villa.

The Xaviers had one remaining villa left. All their other assets had been liquidated, including real estate.

The Xaviers were gathered inside the building.

Sat at the helm was a middle-aged man clad in military uniform.

He was Trent Xavier, Warren Xavier’s fourth son.

Trent was a soldier on the western border, which meant he was on a mission when Warren died and had not been able to leave. When he finally managed to rush back home, it was already too late.

However, the murderer left a clue. They were a remnant of the Cadens that had fallen ten years ago. So, he rushed to the Capital overnight in search of the man in power that had ordered the extermination of the Cadens and the retrieval of Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge, in hopes of having his questions answered.

Alas, his efforts were fruitless, save for one piece of news: The reason why Thea Callahan became disfigured was because ten years ago, she was afflicted with burns while saving someone from the Cadens’ villa!

The man in power ordered an investigation into who Thea Callahan had saved.

hand, Trent left the Capital

Xaviers had been bankrupted. Thea Callahan, too, had played a

was virtually flawless, and she seemed to be ageless.

Callahan was the one that bankrupted us. Joel told us Alex Yates

darkened as he clenched his fists. “No one gets away with making enemies of us, not even Alex Yates," he growled. "I'll show the world that our

was held in Cansington

luxury cars lined the entire road,

were all people Rowena

reluctant to attend this banquet auction, the news

in Cansington, since he was a soldier on the western border and was quite high up

trench coats

paused for a moment at the military presence outside the building. “Hey, James, these are western soldiers. Does that mean Trent Xavier is back? I’m pretty sure he’s the Blithe King’s

scoffed. “Even if he were here tonight, I’ll have him kneel before me if he dared

were famous

the Southern Plains, the Centurion of the North, the Blithe King of the West, the Barbarian King

of influence, the Emperor was the

shortest amount of time, he was the strongest in terms of raw power. Even if the other

Dragon had another title:

skills were unparalleled, able to revive even

long as someone had even half a breath

four commanders, let alone a mere confidant of the

we be getting rid of

Flowers on Cliffside's Edge back. As for whether anyone

“When do we enter?”

rush. We’ll go in when the event

“Understood!”

lingered

apprehensive at the sight of the soldiers

really was

dead, his family bankrupted… now that Trent was

all gathered on the

arrived. The black dress she wore accentuated her slender figure, and her tied-back hair lent a graceful and elegant air about

two workers suddenly dropped the painting they had been carrying just as

Crash!

the ground, shattering the crystal case it had been transported in. A shard cut into the painting as the damaged part landed by

the hell was

worker stared at the shattered glass and sliced painting on the ground, then glared up at Thea. “Why’d you bump

didn’t!” Thea said,

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