While Layla was bringing the latest news to Vicente and Rory, others in town were learning the night's outcome.
"Captain Bain, the men who went to the Symons estate say the whole family has been wiped out!" A soldier from the royal army entered a tent in Millfall's main square, where Nova was currently commanding the army's post-auction operations.
Upon hearing this and seeing the soldier's agitated face, Nova stood up from where she was while the people next to her stood in shock, unable to believe what they had just heard.
In the last few minutes since the auction had ended, at least six calls had come in from soldiers patrolling the city, asking for reinforcements in various parts of the city.
One of those calls had come from near the Symons estate, where a group of 15 men had moved in minutes earlier on Nova's orders.
