After the long talk at lunch, Michael felt his mind was muddled. A certain pressure weighed on his chest, making him feel stifled.
While some things had been resolved, like Brian Winterborne's true intentions, many other things had been revealed—muddying the waters.
The real reason for the noble families wanting to acquire Melody through any means necessary, the royal family's intervention, and most of all: the ancient bloodline.
Of course all of these revelations centered around the latter, something that even Brian—the holder of the bloodline—could not explain. It would be one thing if he knew what the bloodline did when awakened, but it seemed that no one did, not even the Bishop family.
It was probably only due to the fact that it held the prefix "Ancient" that everyone coveted it. In fact, no one could be sure that its awakening would be worth fighting over.
