Revenge is Best Served… After Reborn

Chapter 1503

James pulled a badge from his pocket, its design featuring a sun. "Found it-The Silent Shadows' badge."

Sophie took the sun-shaped badge from James, turning it over in her hands. "Did you find this among Joseph's things?" "Yeah," James nodded.

Sophie examined it closely. It was just like the symbols she'd seen in the church and the old castle-except for the missing phoenix. She frowned, "Is this all? Nothing else?"

James sighed, "Everything of Joseph's was destroyed. By the time I got there, it was all in ruins. The Silent Shadows move fast, and their influence is everywhere. Who knows how many merchants in Devonport have joined them? Once you're in, you have to be ready for their orders, even if they never come. But when they do, you do whatever it takes to complete them. Otherwise, you risk getting taken out by your own."

"That dangerous? Then why do so many people still want to join?"

"People's desires are endless, Sophie. Some want fame, others money, or just plain greed. To get those things, you have to gamble-risk it all for the big payoff."

"Do we really need to stand out here and talk?" Harold chimed in, draping his coat over Sophie's shoulders. "It's snowing harder. Let's head to Aldridge Estate if we're gonna chat."

James, and his face showed it now. Sophie shivered a bit and said, "Let's go to the Aldridge's. It's safe there, and... Odie is there

"Alright," James agreed.

car, glancing at him. His face was unreadable but seemed a bit

"But you and he seem so distant

wrong, Harold.

owe each other nothing, I feel

just simpler not to talk lf it wasn't for The Silent Shadows,

can see he owes

they're messy. I've moved on, but I worry he's still stuck, making him more

a sense

over her. Looking back,

realized how naive she'd

met