Blood and Promises

At eight o'clock at night, in the Canopy's suite. The air was cold and stale.

Kaelen's face was dark even under the bright lights. There was coldness in his eyes.

He waved the documents in his hand and said coldly, "So is the Venom Sect the Gore Briars' sponsor? My branch in the south was attacked, and I lost three hundred of my brothers. Was it merely because we disturbed the business of several