*Arian's POV*
The mansion had a new sensation today, one that was trepidatious and dreadful. I couldn't believe it would come to this. The very piece of metal I had no intention of ever seeing again was the target of my theft. I had no idea how to plan this without getting into deep s**t. If there was no escape, might as well make the chase worth it.
I dropped by my dad's office to brief him on the unfortunate events that would unfold tonight.
"Ah, great," he huffed after our conversatoion. "I don't know how you can get away with stealing the Kernel of Unity."
I was surprised how Ari thought of finding the documents in an ancestral relic. I should've suspected why Emerson took such good care—a little preposterous, if you asked me—of a worthless heirloom that n
