Around midnight, a secret banquet for the powerful was held. There sat Guest, the heiress of the Cartel family who was believed to be dead, quietly dressed in a black gown. She was monitoring people's conversations to find clues about her family's death.

Leon of the Leven family, Ethan of the Argent family, and Cian of the Berg family all took notice of her for their own reasons. In particular, Kaiden Cartel grew tense upon discovering that she was wearing the black rose pendant, the symbol of the Cartel family.

When a toast that seemed to celebrate the fall of the Cartel family was proposed in the ballroom, Guest's fingertips stiffened. From that moment, the eyes of the four men converged on her, though none of them knew her identity yet.

The servant bowed his head. “Shall I check?”