Chapter: 1037

His usual commanding tone carried a weight that loomed over Huey, making it feel as if he were a mere speck beneath Cedric's towering presence.

Huey sensed control slipping through his fingers, the conversation unraveling faster than he could salvage it.

Cedric fell silent, arms crossed, his sharp gaze drilling into Huey like a judge awaiting a confession.

Huey's gaze dropped to the dizzying height below, his stomach twisting as terror coiled inside him.

A fall from this hundred-story tower meant certain death.