Nonetheless, Frank hesitated for a while before clapping Susan on the shoulder. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Turnbull now isn't the time. We need to find out what happened." "What happened...?" Walter murmured, confused even as he looked around at members of his extended family gathered around him.

He then smacked his head and frowned as he recalled, "Hold on, shouldn't I attend Denise Laine's coming-of-age ceremony? How did I get here?"

"Jet brought you back." Glen turned toward a towering man with hardened facial features, looking around his thirties.

"Jet...?" Walter was stunned, as Jet was leader of the Turnbulls' blackguards and an adopted son of George Turnbull.

If Walter's family had to send the blackguards to bring him back, that meant things had gotten troublesome.

"Do you remember what happened at the ceremony yesterday?"

"Yesterday?"

Walter grimaced as he worked hard to recall and shook his head in pain. "I remember Sif Lionheart offering me a toast, and then I got very sleepy... I don't remember anything else."

words, the Turnbulls realized immediately that the

right then. "Could

to see what had happened

be a nerve agent that caused hallucinations in the wine Sif offered Walter.

in relief after Frank told him that. "I knew Walter would never do that! I mean, molesting the

was smiling too. "He'd never do

"You said I molested the daughter

said, it was

on the shoulder

the Martiat Alliance

as

his head and sighed. "If anything, I'm sure their patience would have run out, and

of the Martial Alliance arrived outside just then

"Lady Silverbell," he exclaimed.

solid evidence that

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