Edward gripped his phone tightly. A surge of rage welled up inside him.
"So what if the Fitzroy family's support is cut off?" he muttered. "It's no big deal."
Even without Victoria and the Fitzroy family, he could still stabilize the Hastings family. With his own abilities, he could completely turn around the current mess.
But reality dealt him a devastating blow.
Without the Fitzroy family's resources to fall back on, the Hastings family's once-stable industries collapsed one after another, riddled with problems.
The rival vampire clans that had long been lurking nearby seized the perfect opportunity to swoop in, devouring what few small industries the Hastings family had left and swallowing them all up at rock-bottom prices.
After working all night frantically, not only did the sit
