Chapter 1469

Gunfire rattled through the old castle, briefly pausing before picking up again, each shot stirring more fear among those inside.

A man, visibly shaking, stood up and nervously raised his hand, stammering, "I, I'm with The Silent Shadows."

Not wanting to meet their end, others quickly followed suit: "Me too... I'm in it too..."

Before long, nearly seventy to eighty percent of the folks in the castle were on their feet.

The rest, mostly people The Silent Shadows had prepped as 'assets,' also stood, pleading, "Spare us... Colby, please spare us... we're just hired hands, we don't even know who's running the show!"

The men and women who had been hobnobbing with the big shots got up as well. They were dressed in next to nothing, trembling in fear that Colby might just finish them off with a bullet.

""You claim to be with The Silent Shadows... prove it."

eyes fixed on the

leaving no room

of The Silent Shadows, I've got proof! Here's the badge! I

nervously flashed a badge, the rest scrambled to do the same, each holding out badges symbolizing their supposed membership with The Silent Shadows. The badges all featured a sun emblem. Colby's men gathered up all the badges, handing them to him. He glanced over them briefly,

"Huh..."

"I'll only ask once."

casually tossed the badges to his aide, reloaded his

we didn't go anywhere, honestly, nowhere

struggling to string a

realized

hadn't been anywhere Se

weren't core members, just financial backers for The Silent

The Sitent Shadows is a status thing Just by joining, we can climb the social ladder quickly. We joined for the money, that's

but in front of someone as ruthless as Colby, all they could do was

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