Neve Sherwood knelt on the ground, biting her lip. "Father, my subordinates told me they had already killed her."
"Useless trash—" Tate Sherwood slapped her hard across the face.
Neve Sherwood clutched her face, her eyes red-rimmed. "Father, please give me another chance."
"Mr. Yuri has already intervened and let her move into the Patriarch's Manor, and now she has the protection of the Trent Family. How are we supposed to make a move?"
"That's exactly why we must be ruthless and see it through to the end..." A harsh glint appeared in Neve Sherwood's eyes.
Meanwhile, Aurora Sinclair, dressed in night clothes, used the cover of darkness to slip out of her room.
She made her way to a courtyard and climbed an unassuming pavilion. There, from under a roof tile, she retrieved the Family Head Order—the symbol of the Sherwood Family.
Just as she was about to leave, a palm strike whistled toward her from behind.
