'They're all here.'
"It's nothing," Milady said to the staff member with a smile. "Let's go."
As she started walking again, she could barely contain the swelling warmth and sorrow in her chest.
She had almost forgotten that she had once strode upon great winds and broken through ocean waves, that she had fought to a standstill against a world so vast, harsh, and unpredictable.
Why should she now fear or hesitate because of a mere few people?
As long as she could grasp even a thread of an opportunity, Milady would use all her strength to unravel and tear apart the very fabric of Haidu's power structure.
No matter how she did it, no matter how many times she had to fight, Haidu would sooner or later hold its breath at her advance and pay for Yidan's death with regret.
