The first thing that caught my eye was the disheveled red hair.

Languid yet deliberate movements, a face full of irritation, piercing blue eyes brimming with disdain for the entire world. Beneath those sharp, cat-like eyes were two distinct tear-shaped beauty marks.

His appearance matched the description from The First Future.

"Exactly how I remember him. Ezra Dante Rudbelt."

Ethan, standing beside me, murmured. He had met Ezra once before, back when he was a student at the Royal Academy—inside the school library.

Ezra had told him then that he was being watched and had warned Ethan to be wary of the Duke of Lancaster.

If Ezra was now in Westmore… did that mean the one watching him all along had been none other than the Duke of Lancaster himself?