Chapter 121: The Summon From The Emperor

Leroy slipped into the Arvand mansion, hoping for a trace of her. Instead, he found the halls restless, servants whispering. One whisper kept circling: Hadrian Arvand hadn’t returned all night.

Confusion tightened his chest. If Hadrian had taken Lorraine, he would have paraded her under his roof, feigning normalcy to avoid suspicion. But he hadn’t. So... where was Hadrian? And where was Lorraine?