Chapter 111: The Eve of the Storm

The grand ballroom of the Looske family estate was a constellation of Midcoast’s elite, and tonight, Holden Duffus was its sun. The air, thick with the scent of expensive perfume and fine wine, buzzed with conversations that all inevitably orbited back to him. Crystal chandeliers cast a brilliant, fractured light upon the faces of family patriarchs and business magnates, each one vying for a moment of his attention. “Mr. Duffus, your medical skills are truly a gift from the heavens! My father’s...