Chapter 208: Deal!

A moment later, the private room's door eased open. A broad-shouldered man entered alone. He looked to be around forty. Tall, straight-backed. Even in plain gray casual clothes, he could not hide the hardened, battlefield-bred ferocity clinging to him like steel and blood. His eyes were sharp as a hawk's. Marquis Eldridge, the man who had guarded Southos for decades. The instant he stepped inside, the room's calm atmosphere seized up. It felt as if a faint scent of blood spread through the air,...