Everyone looked at Robert Roland with eyes full of pity for his plight and anger at his spinelessness. However, upon further reflection, they had to ask themselves: if faced with death, would they also sell out their companions?
They might turn out to be cowards, too.
Morgan Vaughn broke into a cold sweat, his clothes soaked through. Thankfully, he had stepped up at the critical moment to make his stance clear. He hadn't been a coward.
Only now did he deeply realize that The Noble Clans possessed certain ironclad principles that must be upheld no matter what. His father, James Vaughn, had left Valerium a long time ago, yet Patriarch Vaughn had dispatched a butler to follow them to Stellan specifically to remind them of the Vaughn Family's rules. Patriarch Vaughn disliked illegitimate children born outside of wedlock, but he also didn't want the descendants of the Vaughn Family to be raised as useless wastes.
