Chapter 1789: Not another prison

"He’s gonna win not just the Shadow Order, but the Zorken Family as well. I’m putting my life in his hands, and even bet that he would change this order once he gets his hands on it."

A moment of silence fell in the hut as neither of them spoke after Penny’s remark. Slater and Shawn furrowed their brows, eyeing Penny, then shifting their gaze to the granny. Studying the granny, there wasn’t anything out of the ordinary about her.

The granny just looked like... well, she looked old, for sure. However, she didn’t carry any aura that could make one assume she was someone of high standing. She was rather simple — too simple.

Yet, this woman was the head of the Shadow Order?

The very organization that was deemed to be one of the strongest in terms of military power?

This granny?

How did Penny know?

The granny smiled at Penny in satisfaction, nodding at her.

"Atlas Bennet," she repeated. "I’ll remember his name, only because you, young lady, seem to believe in him so much."

"He is my eldest brother," Penny shrugged. "I believe in all my siblings, but the firstborn is just different. Though I have to warn you."

The granny raised her brows. "Warn me about?"

"My first brother has a bit of a different gear in his head," she explained. "He really has a knack for murdering someone without lifting a finger. Just his mouth is enough."

a lot of people to think that is talent,

why I can’t claim the code," Penny humored, earning another

nodded in satisfaction. "It’s been a while since I’ve

nodding at her as if she were just selling

tons of fun with more maintenance pills because she’ll need a lot of that,’ Slater spoke in his head, eyeing Penny and then the

yours..." the grandma hummed. "... is

Penny shrugged. "I haven’t seen them since I got abducted and faked my death,

"You faked your death?"

may come off like that. Anyway, by doing that, no one’s after

if you hand over the code right now, I will accept you as the heir of the Zorken Family and the new queen of the Shadow

creating on the island. Of course, your people would be left unharmed. Not even the tip of their hair

brought to this place would be able to stop

muttered. "Granny,

while Penny

bet on Atlas Bennet. And if there’s one thing I learned, it’s... I actually never lost a bet in my entire

sure, young lady?" the granny asked, and this time,

Penny," he breathed out. "This is... this is the

his tongue. He didn’t say a word and just kept

just said the word, the chaos in this place would cease. She would earn the power of the Shadow Order and put both Nathalie

Just one word: yes.

this would be

from every angle, he understood Penny’s perspective. Earning the power of the Shadow Order and saving everyone also comes at a price, and that

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