Defeated

Two weeks passed with no meaningful results. Vega was missing without a trace.

In his entire life, Alaric never thought there would come a time when wealth and power would be meaningless. What good was all his wealth for if he could not even save his own daughter?

Everyone in the extended Schneider-Medici family felt broken and grieved. Their residences were quiet and filled with sadness. This had never happened in the history of the family before, after World War 2, which resulted in many people losing their loved ones.

Aleksis had been crying for days until she could no longer shed a single tear. Alaric was always loyal beside her. But her husband's condition was no better than her. The man was devastated and could not say anything.

Sophia was right to say that uncertainty gave greater suffering than death, and this was what Alaric felt now.