Four months had passed by since the infamous Bleeding Smile raid and Serah's annoying encounter with the man known as Marcus.
In the weeks that followed, Serah returned to her normal grind—hunting down dark mages deemed too dangerous to be left to ordinary units—after taking her short, well-earned break that barely lasted a week.
Her new assignment, alongside a freshly assembled squad, led her into the rising heat of suspicion festering in the city of Heyh, located in Zone 16.
Heyh—glittering with wealth and excess—was a place where even the beggars wore silk. The streets shimmered with polished stone, the air perfumed with incense, and its citizens strutted with pride, untouched by poverty. Sitting comfortably in the heart of all that glam and grandeur was one of its prized gems: a nobleman named Vaelen Drosmir.
