Kian withdrew his blade slowly. His facial expression was icy but he was trembling inwardly. He had known long ago that his parents' exile was not only related to the Blackwood's family but the imperial Sinclair's family also.However, it seemed there were other people involved and there was a possibility all these people could have contributed to his parents' deaths!Who else was involved? Were they more powerful than the imperial families of Cascadia? Why did they even scheme against his father and get his parents killed?Doug Blackwood was the last son of the Blackwood's family and didn't stand a chance of inheriting the family's fortune. Simply speaking, he wasn't as powerful as the other sons of the Blackwood's family so why did those people target him?Kian's mind was in a state of turmoil. It wasn't wise to believe the enemy's words easily. He would have to investigate things thoroughly after dealing with the matter here.Thinking of this, Kian regained his composure and looked

Orion Hathaway and the remaining surviving imperial families immediately returned to Cascadia that day. They reported to their families about the misfortune that had befallen the imperial families. It was one that had never happened in history. They went to Valoria Prime with the aim to snatch the Celestium mine for themselves but not only did they fail to do that, the leader of the Underworld Emperors, Master Theo was killed by Kian!And among the five imperial families that went to Valoria Prime, all the descendants of two families, Russell and Sinclair's families perished there!All these losses was because of Kian. Who was he? He was a small son-in-law of a middle class family in Valoria Prime. He was the grandson of the estranged Blackwood's son.How did he manage to shake the imperial families of Cascadia? Of course, this was because of the mysterious and powerful figure behind him!The next day, a loud cry of mourning rang out in Cascadia. People mourned the loss of their love

Grandfather Hathaway was startled. "Orion, are you certain of what you are—""Yes," Orion nodded frantically. "So please, let's not provoke him and incur his wrath.""What the heck!" Before the patriarch of Hathaway's family could speak, Grandfather Sinclair slapped the table furiously. Pointing at Orion, he fumed, "You... Are you looking down on my family?!"But Orion hurriedly bowed and apologized, "I'm sorry, grandfather Sinclair. That was not my intention. Please don't misunderstand me."Even though Orion lowered his head and was seemingly apologizing sincerely, he was mocking the old man inwardly.Foolish old man! That person is not someone even the imperial families of Cascadia could mess with. They simply couldn't afford to provoke him. But if they refuse to back out and still carry on with their plan, they would meet their end soon!If Orion mentions his real thoughts, it would sound absurd but he had an inkling his thoughts weren't exactly wrong. "How can our aristocratic fa

There was silence once again as the two other patriarchs exchanged a look. This only lasted for a minute before they turned back to Grandfather Windsor. The expressions on their faces clearly showed that they weren't convinced.Grandfather Windsor snorted and rolled his eyes before finally spilling the beans, "Okay... Okay... I'll tell you two old men since you are so eager. I got some news. That boy's identity is not as simple as it seems."The other two patriarchs exchanged a look again. "What did you hear? Why didn't you tell us before?""Well, I don't know for sure as the details are sketchy. So don't ask me," Grandfather Windsor waved dismissively "However, you two need to know that you shouldn't provoke that boy at all unless you want to end up like those five other imperial families!"The patriarchs of Harrington and Carrington were shocked. Their eyes widened in fear as they comprehended the underlying meaning of his words."Do you mean something will happen to those imperial

"Who was it? Was it someone from the gallery?" Savannah asked as soon as he returned. She noticed his dark expression and his frown. She was worried, thinking the call might be related to the gallery as everything had been going quite too well for the past days that she still felt surreal.But Kian smiled, his gloomy expression disappeared like it was just an illusion. "No... It was a personal call. I took care of it. Let's round off our grocery shopping and go home. It's getting late."As if on cue, Noah pouted and whined, "I'm hungry."Savannah laughed and nodded, quickly forgetting about her worries. "Fine. I'll just grab one or two vegetables and then we can go home."As Kian pushed the cart behind her with a smile, he made a mental note to send a message to Wesley later. He needed to find out why the Montgomery's family were spying on him.The next day, Kian dropped Noah off at school and headed to the gallery. Unlike the first few days when the gallery reopened, there were no l