"I object!" The head of the Eisenstrahl Clan slammed his palm on the table, making several cups rattle. The man's steel-grey beard shook with fury as he rose from his seat.
This was meant to be an important meeting of the Council… one that was supposed to address diplomatic threats, foreign surveillance, and the increasing number of foreign Awakeners trying to enter their country with a single objective: recruit Lucius, by any means necessary.
What Lucius didn't know was simple:
With every stream, every fight, every clipped moment across social platforms worldwide… his fame was skyrocketing beyond imagination, and now guilds from other continents were already planning how to convince him or kidnap him.
The only reason he had been having peaceful days lately was because the Council had been secretly using elite detachments just to keep him safe from the shadows.
Yet the Eisenstrahl head looked ready to explode.
