Chapter 71: If you kill me, the four great families will come after you with everything they've got.

In no time, the siege by a host of so-called masters collapsed. Evan Gates barely lifted a finger. Rose cut through them like a hot knife through butter, unstoppable, slaughtering them to the last man. It all unfolded in a seamless rush. Bodies lay strewn across the ground, dead or maimed, the stench of blood thick in the air. Not a drop clung to her blade; it gleamed like a shard of light. With practiced ease, Rose flicked her dagger up and slid it into its sheath midair. The cold gleam vanished. The...