Chapter 38: Paid Men

The situation was bad.

Lin Xuan kept one knee on the cobble with Su Qingyue’s weight braced against his thigh. The four hired blades had spread along the width of the alley with the stances of men paid by the contract. Master Hu stood three paces behind them with his hands folded back into his sleeves, watching the way a man watched a kettle that had not yet boiled.

’Mira. Options.’

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