"He personally heard Ryan's inner circle call him 'Azure Dragon'—and Ryan didn't deny it."
The middle-aged man reported dutifully.
Head of the Cameron Family stood frozen, his gaze locked onto the ruined calligraphy scroll. Seconds stretched into eternity without so much as a flicker of movement.
His suspended brush dripped ink onto polished teak flooring. Splat! The black stain spread like blood from a fallen warrior across the woodgrain.
"Head? Father!"
The dual address snapped the patriarch from his trance. His mind raced as he mechanically hung the brush, then crushed the scroll in his fist.
"Understood." The words came slowly, deliberately. "You'll personally summon the Makayla and Ashley family heads. In person. If they claim to be unavailable, find out exactly when they'll ret
