Chapter 130

Kael’s POV

“Is everything ready?”

I paused the instant he halted in his steps and confronted the man he was supposed to meet.

There he stood, confronting someone I never expected to see him with.

One of Peiqi’s associates was here.

Out of everyone, why him?!

Syria's tribe and Peiqi's tribe shared a dark historical relationship.

Blood was shed, resentments that never truly mended. No positive outcome ever resulted from that man.

And still, from my view, there was Theo, standing alongside him as if it were the most ordinary thing imaginable.

I pulled back before they could see me. My heart was racing so intensely I believed they’d hear it. I had to remain concealed. No matter what this was, I needed to witness it unfold.

Theo halted, bent closer, and murmured quietly.

“Did you complete what I requested of you?”

Peiqi’s partner nodded deliberately, wearing that crooked, self-satisfied grin that I wanted to smudge it off from him.

“Don’t be concerned,” he said. "Once assisting her in obt