Chapter 79: A Quiet Execution

Outside the gates of Everspring Pavilion, the banquet continued. People kept raising their glasses and picking at chilled dishes, even as gunfire rattled inside and thick smoke billowed out. Heads turned. Murmurs rose. What happened? Was it a drill? A fire? "Damn it, Roberto, I've got a bad feeling. All that noise in there… it can't be about that kid, right?" Keanu Hauk said, drawing a sharp breath as the chaos inside finally died down. "Hearing you say that, yeah, I feel it too," Roberto Casson...