Chapter 230

Seeing Holly reduced to tears, Icarus knew his message had landed, and he felt satisfied. Intimidating a girl thousands of years younger than himself might be seen as disgraceful, but Icarus felt no guilt whatsoever. Without a little show of force, people like her would continue to cause him endless trouble. "Maybe I should give Ruth a similar scare. She's been getting on my nerves lately, too," he thought as he turned and walked away. Holly sat there, trembling as she watched him disappear, her eyes still brimming with tears and filled with nothing but fear. ... Icarus stood on his balcony back at home, gazing down at the view. Clearly, the anonymous 100-million-dollar bounty on the dark web would continue to attract assassins. In just a few days, Icarus had already faced multiple attacks. The recent assassins—Liana and the duo from earlier—were all Dalsorian. He couldn't imagine how many foreign assassins might already be on their way to Hindale. If only they were stron