Chapter 163: The Imperial Edict

The book said the Seven-Orifices Exquisite Heart had many uses. None of them, however, spelled good news for Elijah Quinny. The person recorded to have possessed it in that book had been kind to a fault and, in the end, died under slow, deliberate torture. For people like that, once their existence became known, they turned into magnets for covetous eyes, like a walking jackpot that attracted every predator around. Elijah's fist tightened. His resolve to protect Jolie hardened. Whatever it took,...