Alaric lowered his head slightly before speaking, taking a brief moment to organize his thoughts so that his words would not sound careless in front of Seraphina.
“Miss Lancaster, even though Gerald’s branch in Lisle City collapsed several years ago, I have received information that his eldest son, Howard, managed to rebuild it quietly over time, and if they have already heard about what happened to Reginald, they may see this situation as an opportunity to step in and claim advantage.”
From Alaric’s perspective, everything was happening at the worst possible timing, because with Reginald’s entire line completely wiped out, the Lancaster Group in Aurethia City was left without strong leadership, making it both valuable and extremely vulnerable to outside ambition.
That kind of vacuum wa
