Unending Bad News

Hearing the challenge hanging in the heavy stench of burnt gunpowder, Silas Croft froze for a brief second. His brain struggled to process the sheer audacity of the young man standing before him. The tense silence in the mahogany-paneled office stretched tight, broken only by the steady, rhythmic ticking of the mechanical clock on the desk. Then, Silas shot Dante Thorne a look full of intense ridi