CH226 Alex, the Apologiser
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Arriving at City Hall, Alex and Udara met Lieutenant Cross, who was coordinating and collating military affairs on Alex's behalf, as well as Laura, who was engaging the victims' families in another room.
Nodding briefly toward the Lieutenant, Alex headed to the families' room first.
"Why have you gathered us here? Killing our loved ones wasn't enough?!" a middle-aged man suddenly roared at Laura.
"Hey, calm down," another man tried to restrain him.
"Calm down? My son... my son is dead!" the grieving man shouted, his voice cracking. "Not only did the so-called Guardian Family of the empire arrive late after the Wildkin attack, but you unleashed the very spell that killed my son!
"What right do you have to celebrate a victory? You came late and you killed the people you were supposed to protect!"
His eyes burned as he turned to the others in the room, even shouting toward those lingering outside the doorway.
