Chapter 1696 001's Return

Edward, having hidden away from the world for days, now wore a twisted expression. The web of schemes he had once woven within Hawford had now come to nothing. Everything had been prepared. The perfect vessel had been chosen for his lord's descent, and the medium had set up the Wraithlord Transformation Formation. Yet, it was all ruined by Lucas and the Quinnell family. Edward couldn't help but wonder when his associates in Kingbourne had stalled on their tasks. Instead of pulling the Kellers down, Lucas had risen to greater heights in just a year. And when had Jackson returned to Kingbourne? He was shot years ago, so he shouldn't have survived from such injuries. Little did Edward know that his postulation would have been accurate if not for Wynter's intervention. Jackson would've succumbed to his injuries that winter instead of returning to Kingbourne. But Wynter saved him, a man of selflessness who thought only of his country and its people. Not only did she restore his health