Yet, all Adrian heard when he arrived was a flurry of angry insults.

“Beat them up!”

“Beat them up good!”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Outside William’s courtyard was a young man surrounded by more than a dozen youngsters who were punching and kicking him as he curled up into a ball.

As the young man was being severely beaten, an old man in his fifties was yelling, “Stop! Stop it!”

However, the old man was also kicked down onto the floor by a youngster who proceeded to say, “You’d best be on your best behavior, William. Lopo wants me to tell you this is what happens to those who disobey him.

“Beat them up!” the youngster yelled.

Adrian was instantly able to recognize the young man as Sandy and William’s youngest son, Reed Falkner.

‘This means the old man should be William.’

Adrian instantly rushed over when he saw that the young man continued to be beaten up.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

After a flurry of lightning-fast punches, the youngsters who were ganging up on Reed were sent flying as they sc