The Gallagher's and Clara Byrne looked at each, panic and confusion written across their features as they knelt before the silent Ethan Burton.Noticing Luna, Clara wondered just why she was dragged here as well?Did she perhaps attend a party she wasn't invited to? While both Clara and the Gallagher’s had heard about Nathaniel's memorial occasion, the Burton family hadn't deemed them important enough to send an invite to, so they didn't bother.“So are you all aware about why I brought you all here?” Ethan asked, sitting cross legged on the only chair in the room.A few in the room managed to shake their heads in reply, the others too scared by the sight of the soldiers behind Ethan in full uniform to move.But most of all, Luna was not just scared, she was extremely confused. She knew she didn't bump into any of the workers, so why had the video shown that she did.And Ethan even went as far as dragging out her adoptive mother and the Gallagher's for a reason she didn't know, all t

Jon yelled in anger and rushed to him with his fist raised.“That hand you raised, you'll lose it today.” Arthur said coldly and with a swipe of Calaburn, Jon's severed arm fell to the ground.He had drawn the sword so fast that they only knew he had used it when he lowered the blade, after cutting off Jon's arm.His pained screams snapped the soldiers and Ethan out of their daze as their gaze was drawn to the kneeling and screaming Jon, who held onto the stomp left behind tightly as blood soaked his hand.The statement Arthur had made was fulfilled in mere moments and that was just a preview of things to come.The war god had stated that blood would flow.And no entity in the empire would stop him.“What are you standing around for?! Get him now!” Ethan yelled his order, forcing his men to attack the lone Arthur.Or at least they tried to. But with each swift swing of his arm, every soldier that ran towards him, crumpled to the ground, remaining still.In one blow each, Arthur had se

It took almost thirty minutes for any of the guests to even stand, as they were afraid that perhaps one of Arthur's associates was still in the venue.Moments later, the police arrived at the hotel, escorted everyone out while taking their testimonies.They discovered Ethan's dead body, Jon's unconscious form and the Gallagher's who remained huddled together out of fear.After what they had seen happen to Ethan and Jon, not one of the Gallagher's had the audacity to speak about their experience to the police when questioned.As far as their testimony went, they didn't recognise the killer and the room was dark.No one dared to say anything about Luna's involvement as well because they were afraid of what Arthur would do to them if he found out that they put her in harm's way.They had only seen a small portion of what he was capable of and even at that, they were more in awe of him than they were to the law enforcement.Jon was rushed to the hospital by an ambulance and the bodies of

Elizabeth sipped her tea and set it back on a tray before her as she went over the morning news.As she expected, news of Ethan Burton and Johnathan Williams’ murder had spread like wildfire, even with the families obvious attempts at blocking the information. Though it was vague, the news anchor implied that no solid motive for the murder was known by the authorities.That and the fact that the law enforcement agencies were still not aware of the culprit and they assured the public that they would do their very best to find the one responsible.Elizabeth laughed gently at the comment, muttering to herself, “Serves those pieces of trash right. The biggest mistake they made was laying a finger on Luna. They were courting death and here we have it, they all got what they deserved.”The news then went on to describe the relics owned by the Williams family that were stolen but among all the pictures shown, the sword Elizabeth had seen with Arthur wasn't shown.She knew the history behind

Slowly but surely, Luna recovered over the next few days.While the rest of the state, no, the empire was discussing the untimely death of General Ethan Burton and the patriarch of the Williams’ family, Johnathan Williams, Arthur remained by Luna's side.While news outlets, talk shows and even citizens debated on the actions carried out by Ethan and the Burton family, Arthur continued to tend to her diligently.As the infighting between factions of the Williams family continued to persist, Arthur continued to be the supporting figure to aid Luna in her recovery.And while the Shield of the empire began to make decisive moves to not only reclaim the power and influence he lost via association with Ethan, but to increase his power, Arthur did his very best to ensure that Luna understood that he would honor his promise and would never abandon her.So a few days later, she had finally recovered.From occasionally talking to now being able to converse freely with Arthur and even Elizabeth