Chapter 126

Once alone, I walked back into the closet and finished getting ready for the day. Choosing comfort over style, I wore a pair of black jeans and a sweatshirt.

When I was done styling my hair in a messy bun on top of my head, I walked downstairs.

The usual noise and bustle in the house had died down and I felt a tinge of sadness.

Ares had relieved all the staff of their duties and asked them to return to their families. According to him, it was better they left since they were incompetent, and he didn't want to kill them all because of their services to him over the years.

He made this decision after a footage from the security camera in the hallway was retrieved, and showed a hooded figure going into Candice's room early that morning.

Investigations were still going on, but it seemed like a dead end all round.

After he sacked them, a new set of four maids were employed, with plenty of well-trained soldiers manning the environment, most of them I recognized from endless trainings with t