Chapter 176: Easy to Invite, Hard to Send Off

"Chief, why are you back? Aren't you supposed to be out-" Smack! Santiago answered Daxton with a ringing slap. The Chief of the Imperial Bureau had shaken off his earlier fright, though the tremor still lingered in his chest. He'd hurried back just in time; any later and who knew how the scene would have spiraled. This was the King of Northville they were dealing with. His title had been stripped, his rank abolished, yet his sway over all of Chiton was beyond dispute. Even without the title, his...