"Sir Thatcher? Mr. Wentworth?" When Langdon saw their faces, his eyes went wide in disbelief. "You… How did you two end up like this?" He was genuinely stunned.

Huxley and Percival were two of the most powerful figures in West Lucozia. They commanded respect wherever they went, and even Langdon himself had to show them deference.

He never expected that they had fallen from their positions of prestige to become disheveled prisoners overnight.

"Austin! You've gone too far!" Recovering from his