Chapter 370: If She Told You to Kneel and Apologize, Then Kneel

The sudden reversal left everyone present struggling to process it. It was too abrupt. The Governor's granddaughter… why was she standing behind the man who'd just attacked someone? Skyla Duffus blinked in confusion, suspicion churning in her chest. *Did what I said to Maria Showyer on the way here actually work?* But she clearly remembered only mentioning it in passing. She had merely asked Maria to protect Diego Santee within her means, to put some pressure on the Duffus family and the Shayle...