Chapter 151

Third Person's POV

On the other side, the eyes of the Fifth Branch—Orson Mercer, Ingrid, and their son Toby—also landed on the pair who stood whispering with dangerous intimacy: Cerys and Valerius.

Orson poured Ingrid a cup of steaming moonleaf tea, his tone unreadable as he murmured,

"Valerius and his father clash like fire and winter steel, yet when it comes to their hearts... they are carved fr