It felt like needles pricking my heart as I watched them stroll in leisurely, unfazed despite being surrounded by eight Shadow Knights. Not a flicker of fear crossed their faces.
“Mr. Knight, I thought you didn’t want to get involved in my family matters, yet here you are—right in the middle of it. I must say, I’m genuinely surprised.”
Those were more words than I’d ever heard my father speak at once.
“What can I say?” Killian removed his mask with a slow, deliberate motion. “Andersons and Knights are irreplaceable.”
“If you needed a bargaining chip to control Mila, you could have just asked,” my father said smoothly, as if offering a business deal.
“You’re not even loyal to your own family,” Killian replied, voice dripping with disdain. “It’s a good thing you never set foot in Knight
