Don't You Want to Go Home?

They didn't realize they could meet the owner of the traveling ball… and for it to be a member of the Nota family. This gave them a glimpse of how powerful the Nota family's genetic mutation could be. Then again, it didn't mean Sisina could also put the entire palace under her spell.

Lufian, however, might.

It was safe to assume that Almani left to attend to his restocking efforts now. After all, most people who wished to board were almost inside. The king and his little bird could now leave just the same.

"Did he scare you?" Fenris stroked Kanaru's cheek over the mask. "Don't worry about him, Kanaru. I'll deal with him if he dares to do anything to you."

Kanaru only nodded and looked at the steel gauntlet that stopped throbbing. It must have responded to his will to shred that man into pieces. After all, it was another member of the Nota family. If the push came to a shove, he was not willing to show mercy to that woman.