Chapter 170: The Trump Card

When they returned, the capital had changed. What had once been a city of whispers was now a place of open gossip, where slanderous headlines and false narratives about Conor and Kerrigan spread like wildfire.

The Benedicts' smear campaign was relentless, twisting the truth, framing Kerrigan as power-hungry and Conor as a man unworthy of his station. Every news report painted them as the villains, their bond a source of scandal and suspicion.

onor could feel the weight of the trial pressing down on all of them. Gregor Benedict and his son Kelan were not only fighting in the courtroom, but they had taken their battle to the streets, using their wealth and influence to sway public opinion.

The lies they spun were doing damage, and Conor knew something needed to change before it spiraled out of control.

Their short time away had been much needed but now, returning to the cesspit that the trial had become was frustrating to say the least.

Kerrigan was doing her best but her nerves were fra