*MARUS’ POV*

Nothing could have prepared Marcus for the scene that awaited him the second he got back from his meeting with Magnus. He actually felt somewhat confident that he would now have the men of Esper and Byron at his disposal to help in his search for Julius. There was no way that a man like him could just evaporate into thin air after showing up and making such a grand announcement.

However, Wolfgang’s moment of glimmering assurance was swiftly crushed ...