Before Max headed to his scheduled lectures for the day, he decided to take a detour toward the campus facilities where the Wushu club was supposed to meet. After his unsettling encounter with Dud, the gears in Max's mind were turning faster than ever. He knew that a man as erratic and vengeful as Dud wouldn't have just appeared out of thin air without a meticulously crafted plan.
In the early days, the Billion Bloodline group had the luxury of operating in the shadows. They managed to pull off impossible feats because they were the new kids on the block, and the element of surprise was their greatest weapon. The established powers never saw them coming. But those days were over. Now, they were the talk of the entire Underworld, a group that had risen to syndicate-level status in a flash, dismantling giants like the Black Hounds and the Gilt Rats. Max knew that fame brought eyes, and eyes brought predators.
