The Wright family members, including Yorke Ashwell who had attempted to escape, were finally restrained. The banquet naturally concluded. Though the guests were thrown into confusion by the sudden upheaval, each left with lingering questions. With Timothy Hart present, no one dared to speak. Speculation ran rampant in private. Who was Timothy Hart? He was the supreme leader of the Hart Conglomerate, a man who controlled the nerve center of Havira's business world. A man like him could marry into royalty without anyone batting an eye. Moreover, the Hart family, alongside the Goodman, Gates, and Foster clans, were known as the Four Great Families—founding pillars of the nation. Marriages in such circles were rarely personal choices; most were strategic alliances. How could the Harts

