Chapter 48

Darius’s POV

“The Albertoz have been inviting you to the Nordahm Region since the ball.”

I remembered William Albertoz had invited me to their clan home weeks ago, and I was thoroughly uninterested. The Albertoz clan were leaders of Nordahm, northeast of the Republic, best known for their successful business selling precious gemstones mined from their hard, cold mountains to elites in Vespinara and foreign lands.

“They are in Cillicia and have reached out again,” his thoughts revealed.

“Decline,” I answered straight away.

The last thing I needed was a meeting with another power-hungry elite who was just looking for a way to secure tight connections to the Salvatore clan.

“William swears he has an interesting proposal for you. One that you can’t refuse.”

I couldn’t think of anything an Albertoz could possibly offer me that would be hard to refuse. But I might as well see the man once and for all than endure the continuous harassment ca