Chapter 67: Heir of a Great House

The Cadden family estate sat less than a mile east of the city center, a sprawling compound with three successive courtyards and nearly ten thousand square feet of ground. From the outside, you would never have guessed. Once through the front gate, a wing-shaped screen wall stood straight ahead. A short turn to the left brought them to an exquisitely carved red hanging-flower gate. Two painted drooping-lotus pillars flanking it were especially striking. Past that threshold lay the true inner residence. Red...