The Price of Complicity

Emerson's lips parted, but he couldn't get a single word out.

He knew better than anyone that Elara was the type who never acted unless she was certain. And when she did, she never left her enemies a second chance.

From the start, this was a total steamroll, one side crushing the other without mercy.

The only shot at changing fate had been thrown away by Victor's own decision.

"Emerson!" Victor's