{It took every bit of nonexistent maturity in me, not to name this chapter "Rule 1: Never duck a fade}
"No wonder you're where you are." Sean said, finally deciding to humor the young man.
"You are as foolish as you're untalented. Was it ass kissing or perhaps your parents that enabled you to come this far?"
Silence descended on the whole place, breaths left hanging.
Those who dwelled in Elysium, looking at Sean like he was a dead man. Who didn't know the Crofts? To not only antagonize them, but to embarrass them in public?!
None of them would dare, even if they were given more balls than they had.
The Crofts were a noble family. One of the oldest family, alongside the five other noble families, the vampires and the military. With the others, they had formed Aegis, shielding humanity behind its walls from beasts and out-worlders alike.
Sean had not just slapped Julian on the face, but Julian's parents, and the Croft family as a whole.
