(Present day)
Order of the Blue Lotus HQ.
Wallowing in his thoughts would do no one any good, Jean mused. Maybe he should pop in at the initiation party being held for the Wang daughter before the night was over.
It's been almost a year since he attended any official Order gathering or meeting. Showing up so suddenly and unannounced would definitely give them something to talk about for weeks.
But he wasn't in the right mood to be around people. He felt volatile and he knew one snarky remark from one of the members could send him off the edge, so he sat at the bar in his private suite instead and downed glass after glass of vodka, hoping the alcohol would numb his mind and stop his head from exploding from all the thoughts running through it non-stop.
