Chapter 1714: What’s within Noel
"And in the end, Naylani Pierson... won the war?"
After a long silence, Atlas’s voice slashed through the thick silence in the study room.
Everyone (Penny, Slater, Hugo, Finn, and Dean) glanced at Atlas before moving their eyes to Zoren. What they had just heard was Naylani’s backstory and the Zorken Family, which none of them had ever heard about until now.
Zoren shook his head. "It’s not just winning or losing."
"Even with Naylani being able to convince other families to give her support and aid her, Nathalie was already a step ahead," he continued. "Some of those who had given support to Naylani were already in agreement with Nathalie."
"Like I said, Nathalie has been more involved with their family affairs. That includes a vast network," he added.
"That’s weird," Hugo knitted his brows. "If Nathalie won, how come Naylani is still alive? If the war was that bad, then that could only lead to death—Nathalie’s or Naylani’s. Besides, I don’t think Naylani is the good guy, considering she’s not really nice."
Zoren nodded. "But there was more than just pulling out their guns and shooting each other."
"During this entire period, Noel was concocting a silent killer drug. The plan was, since Noel had been on Nathalie’s side the entire time since the battle started, Noel wanted to end it all," he explained. "The plan was, Noel was trying to poison everyone at a banquet."
He paused. "However, before Noel could put that into action, she was already found. In fact, Nathalie had always known about Noel’s reasons for staying with her instead of Naylani."