Chapter 598 – Bearish
A silence followed.
One of the Virtue guards in the far corner finally coughed. "Forgive me, Lady Celestaria. But if Lux Vaelthorn truly held the interrealm contract key sigils, and if something has happened to him… we need contingency."
"Contingency?" Solara raised a brow.
Celestaria turned slowly, eyes blazing. "You think we can replace him? We barely kept the treaties stable with him doing half our work and charming the other half out of war."
"He hasn't responded to your messages," Selena whispered.
"I know," Celestaria said quietly. "But I feel him. That thread… it hasn't snapped. Not yet."
Solara stood, smoothing her robes. "Then we stall. We delay all updates. We issue silence until we know."
"And if Hell collapses in the meantime?" Selena asked.
Solara exhaled. "Then maybe they'll finally learn they should've valued him better."
Back in the Mortal Capital, Lux Vaelthorn's mansion was quiet…
Too quiet.
