Chapter 96

Megan felt a chill run down her spine after listening. She burrowed a little closer into Tristan's comforting arms. "Including the staff, how many died?" Tristan sighed, voice low and heavy. "Thirty-six. Even the one-year-old heir of the Richmond family didn't make it." "That's... horrible," Megan frowned, heart tightening. "They didn't even spare a baby. Was it the Channing Family and the Bennette Family behind it?" Tristan tightened his hold on her. "There's no solid lead. No one knows how the sorcery worm was planted. The suspicions all point to the Channing and Bennette families, yeah, but there's no real proof. And the Reid and Lewis families aren't off the hook either. We promised the Richmond family protection, and in the end, it was all just empty talk." "So... the Richmond family got sacrificed by all four?" "Judging from the outcome, that's basically it." "Ryan said someone powerful's involved. Who is it?" Tristan let out a cold laugh. "The President's younger brother—Nathani