Chương 162: Gone

"Are you sure it's him?" Searching Eye questioned with a frown.

Edwin paused. 

How his grandson escaped from his grasp and became a member of the academy actually made him respect the boy.

But that wouldn't stop him from breaking his bones for doing so.

"Word is he has no familial backing, and is also young and talented. There's no doubt about it."

Silence.

"This got difficult," Lorcan professed. 

It was one thing for Liam to be hiding in some random city as a fugitive. 

It was another for him to be under the Royals. 

Still, a fugitive was a fugitive. 

They had grounds and authority to bring a killer to justice.

However, the patriarch of the Ken family had other plans. 

To have his name dragged through the mud by a peasant was a death sentence he would execute personally, no matter the cost.

"No reason to linger then."