Ethan nodded slightly. "Thank you."
He glanced back at Dickey, smiling faintly. "It's getting late. If you're planning to crawl back to Crownspire, you better get going."
Dickey, still fuming, muttered in frustration, "What's with this doorman? He gets in with a random card, and I can't? Why?"
The guard looked at Dickey calmly and said, "The black market was established by the top families and elite clans of Crownspire. The only people who can enter without an invitation are those who control the market. The card he showed is unique to the Quad family and holds the same authority as if the head of the Quad family were present."
Dickey stood there, stunned. "What?!"
He was visibly shaken, fully aware of what it meant to be connected to one of the top ten families like the Quad family.
