Raffles stared at Harry. Although Harry didn’t look at Raffles, he tapped his toes on the ground as the cabin turned in another direction. He had all but turned his back on the rest of us.

Harry must have known something.

“Bill,” Xue Gie said without hesitation. The girls in Noah City were so straightforward.

Xue Gie fixed her eyes firmly forward as she spoke. Putting on her mask, she abruptly stood up and raised her arm. “Bill! Come to the Queen’s embrace!” Her almost commanding tone made the temperature of the cabin drop. She didn’t sound like she was pursuing love, but like she was going to kill someone. 

“So what if you said it here?” Harry finally turned back to us. He sat cross-legged,...