However, Maxine could not figure it out.

“How would I know?” Thea shook her head.

She, too, was unsure of Thomas’ intentions.

All she knew was that everything was not to harm but to help James.

“Is that so? Then, have you ever felt that Thomas is the one behind everything?”

“What do you mean?” Thea looked at Maxine.

Maxine thought for a while and said, “Le’s start from when James killed the previous Emperor. Once he died, the Cadens and the Johnstons’ conflict began, but they didn’t comple