Chapter 119: Inescapable Net

While Yves Owens was ostensibly recuperating at home, a different kind of fever was sweeping through the upper echelons of Aetherhaven County—a fever of greed and unchecked ambition. The news of Yves's serious injuries and subsequent retreat from public life had been interpreted as a resounding victory by Fenson Zimmers and his cohort. They believed their primary obstacle had been neutralized, leaving the county's resources ripe for the picking. Inside the opulent private room of the 'Azure...