Glen said, "I'll go to him. I just hope I can convince him to help Father and to give up on Vicky—if he does, we'll make it worth his while."

Yonca immediately snapped at his suggestion. "Absolutely not! You have no idea how pompous that brat gets. It's impossible to make him give up on Vicky! If you prostrate yourself, forget being grateful— it would only make him even more conceited!"

"Glen." Zac stood up as well. "I could get more men and bring him over by force."

"Watch yourself!" Glen barked, bellowing spiritedly at his brother despite his ripe age of sixty. "Who on earth ever forces a healer to work against their will?! And don't worry—I'm prepared to reward him more than what he deserves. Anything is agreeable as long as Father lives."

Stroking his beard and smiling, he added, "We won't have to worry about him refusing us."

"Let's just hope the kid knows his place." Zac sighed.

They were all certainly guilty toward Vicky—they all knew her from childhood, and to sacrifice her for a political marriage hurt their conscience.

about to blow up in their faces at any

anything, George's weird sickness could well

Frida Blue," Glen said quietly nonetheless. "Just the two of us will

cried. "You could get killed if he suddenly

knew that Frank was a martial

alone, as only Zac was the only one who passed for a martial artist

show that I can be reasonable, I'm sure he would

"Okay."

Turnbulls

edition Bentley arrived outside Nash Yego's cottage, and Glen alighted in his

"What..."

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