Ironically, the only people whose blood pressure remained relatively stable throughout the night were the sedated twins themselves.
Completely oblivious to everything that had transpired, they had no idea that all the work they'd painstakingly accomplished had been undone before the day was even over.
Even worse for them, they still didn't know they were now confined within the Empire.
Still, they were sleeping rather comfortably for two criminals who, under different circumstances, probably would've been filleted by the countless people currently furious with them.
Perhaps that was the only advantage they still had.
Since neither their bloodline ability nor their crimes could be exposed without also compromising Luca and Jax, the Empire had little choice but to detain them under the guise of protection. Everyone knew House Luxastra would immediately drag the Empire's reputation through the mud the moment the twins were publicly accused without irrefutable evidence.
