Chapter 302: Meeting of the Top Dogs
A young man’s profile appeared on-screen. Kaiden Grey. She read quietly for a moment.
"No, I don’t live under a rock," she finally replied to Lazarus without looking up, "but saying I’ve been living inside dungeons would be accurate."
Her crimson gaze drifted from the tablet, drawn to another corner of the conference room.
Sitting in polished silence, the very shadow of authority, was Vespera Ashborn. The Shadow Monarch. Draped in black, her presence alone cooled the air.
Beside her sat a tall man with a dark, well-trimmed beard, his frame filling the suit he wore as though it were molded around him. He looked every bit the gentleman. Handsome, refined, yet radiating a weight that would silence almost anyone.
Vespera’s husband. Kaiden’s father. Magnus Ashborn. Together, they were the twin pillars of New Dawn, the merciless guild that balanced Vespera’s incredible strength and cruel persona with his excellent expertise at leadership.
Scarlet studied Vespera for a good while with a slightly tilted head. "Do you have anything to say about this?"
It wasn’t an idle question. The boy on the tablet, the rising name already stirring whispers in every corner of the awakened world, was their kid, no doubt about it.
Even if she hadn’t had insider information about the Ashborn household and hence knew about their son who didn’t awaken, it wasn’t exactly an outlandish conclusion to draw. He inherited his mother’s overwhelming eyes and father’s handsome features.
Vespera’s gaze did not waver. She remained silent, her expression as cold and impossible to approach as always.