“I am going to wipe out the other Houses in the next few weeks. And then I am going to force the Parliament of Malgrave to cede the south side to me.” Across the table, Shinji watched me with a knowing smile on his face, as if he believed every word with his whole soul. “Yes, sir.” I glanced back down at the letter from Ben. “But first, we’re going to get our people back.”

