Lucian sighed, feeling the urge to ignore Harper and her silly crew, but would doing that help? Would walking away like a coward encourage them to keep their distance from him?
Definitely not! They'd continue to pick on him regardless. It was a game of authority —an ultimate power show. To make him bend, quake, and cower at their feet.
People like Harper took great delight in hunting down their victims like a game of chess, and then tearing them apart slowly, cruelly.
Not anymore though.
Now, he was the master of the game, and everybody was going to play by his rules.
With his money and connections, he'd make all those who ever looked down on him regret it. He'd make them suffer the same way he did and even worse.
He would not stop until they were at his mercy.
“Ignore him, Harper.
