Empire City was thrown into chaos almost overnight.
The police spent three days digging into everything. One by one, Victoria's housekeepers, the doctor she had bribed, and the people she had coached to lie all cracked under questioning.
The Sullivan family had stolen the inheritance my mother left me, forced me to give Victoria my blood, and nearly turned her engagement party into a crime scene. The scandals piled up until everyone in their social circle knew exactly what had happened.
My father came under investigation. My stepmother cried outside Sullivan's Villa every day, sobbing until her voice was hoarse, but nobody bothered to stop. Victoria was taken into custody and eventually convicted on multiple charges.
As for Lucian, his grandfather was livid. He publicly stripped Lucian
