The Lives of Others (Part 2)

"The vision changed almost a month ago. Why are we doing nothing?" Jirni's anger was barely contained. It took all of her willpower to prevent it to show on the outside.

"Because based on all we know, it's likely we are about to face the threat of slave collars, like those the Pontus Household purchased from the missing Alchemist Hatorne." Duchess Distar was disgusted by her own words.

Just like Jirni, she hated feeling helpless.

"Whoever the traitors are, they have managed to slip out of our net too many times. Linjos needs time to remove enough members of his staff to require an official turn over without arising suspicions.

"If we act rashly, we risk alerting them. They would only need to activate the collars to force us to butcher innocents while they escape under the cover of the ensuing chaos.