CHAPTER 215 - Back in the Ashen Expanse.

The Vaise estate stood like a fortress wrapped in silk, a monument of control and heritage.

Within its main hall, velvet drapes fluttered slightly from the breeze that dared sneak through the golden latticed windows. The air was stiff with decorum, polished to the point of suffocation.

Valeria Von Vaise, the second child of Argon Von Vaise, marched down the center corridor like a crimson comet, each stride precise and dangerous. 

The long coat she wore swayed behind her like a trailing flag of war. Servants bowed and stepped aside, avoiding eye contact. 

No one dared cross her path.

It wasn't because she was scary, but because she was Argon's daughter.

There was once a case where her servant was killed by an assassin who wanted to warn her.

That servant was one of her close aides, so she was killed to show that she couldn't protect everyone while also creating an example for others not to get close to her.