Chapter 258. Trouble in Paradise

The tension in Grosthe City is palpable, thick with fear and uncertainty. The trending story has circulated all over the media and is the talk of the day. Whispers filled with dread, and murmurs laced with anxiety can be heard from passersby as it is now perceived that the world outside has become a battlefield. Everyone passes a suspicious glare at everyone since the events at Casterly Avenue. And although work must continue and money must be made, no one feels safe anymore.

One of the cab drivers, terrified to listen to the news, yet equally terrified not to, turns down the volume of the radio in his car, the wrinkles on his forehead forming a deeper ridge. If not that he needs to know if someone he cares about—maybe a friend or a family member—has been caught in the chaos, he would have turned it off entirely.

The fear of staying home gnaws at Grosthe’s residents because the last time the mafia wars simmered in the city, the mayhem following almost sank the metropolis