Chapter 48: Wedding Day: Picking Up the Bride

By the time a single cigarette burned down to the filter, the Dalton family estate was roaring with flames. The fire blazed, its glow sharpening the striking, almost otherworldly lines of Diego Santee's face. One of Easton's Eight Great Families-the Dalton family-was wiped out just like that. "Mr. Santee, it's getting chilly." A heaviness settled on his shoulders. Arya Moore draped a coat over him. In the wash of firelight, her face looked even paler, porcelain-smooth. The scarlet qipao hugged...