Chapter 199: New Roommate
The fact that Theresa thought they could be equals was laughable. Did she forget who he was? Or perhaps, more importantly, did she forget the last time they had met?
And that when she saw him... Kill.
It was also the year he and Cassian would be leaving for the academy.
His mother had insisted he attend the party to make "strategic connections." She was a woman obsessed with appearances and alliances, but Lucas knew better than to put stock in her plans. She was, in his eyes, a foolish woman—useful only because of her title.
And of course, the Empress made sure Cassian attended as well. She would rather die than let both of the Imperial Concubine’s sons take everyone’s attention.
Theresa’s father much like his grandfather was a Viscount. She thought they had a common point but she was forgetting that his grandfather commanded a faction... He made his mother the wife of the Emperor.
As for her... She and her forgettable family name can dream.
The real power in the family lay with his grandfather. The old man had been grooming Lucas for years, teaching him how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and power.
Under his grandfather’s guidance, Lucas had learned to see the world for what it truly was: a game of manipulation, strategy, and control.
At the party, his grandfather had pulled him aside to discuss their plans for the academy. They spoke in hushed tones, mapping out potential alliances and identifying threats. But their conversation was interrupted by a commotion.
One of their spies—a man who had been planted in a rival noble house—had decided to take a gamble. He believed he could extract more leverage from the royal family by revealing his true role and demanding a higher reward. It was a foolish move.