Annelise Valentine sat upright in the main seat of the sofa, pointing to the row of liquor bottles. "You want to talk? Fine. Drink one bottle, and you can say one sentence."
Kian Miller grew anxious. "Miss Valentine, isn't this a bit much?"
"What's so much about it? Back in Aethelgard, your buddy Jett made me drink the same way."
"Oh, right—" She acted as if she'd suddenly remembered something. "You were in Seolhwa at the time, you weren't there. Go ask your other two good friends."
Kian Miller looked back at the two of them. "Did that really happen?"
Leo Lennox sighed. Hugo Summers didn't answer.
Seeing their reactions, Kian Miller pretty much knew the answer.
Just then, Sean Conrad spoke up lazily from the side. "Hey, hey, hey, don't play dead."
"Back then at The Palladium in Aethelgard, he had his arm around some innocent-looking girl while making Annelise drink. He even smashed a bottle over my head and gave me a lump. I remember that crystal clear."
