From then on, the mutual accusations never ceased, especially from the unlucky ones whose villa renovations had been ruined. They were the angriest of all.
Shanna watched everything before her coldly and silently sighed. At last, she understood why Albert had not come. He probably did not want to see this scene.
She truly did not know how they could still shift the blame onto one another. It was utterly disgusting.
Perhaps people were just like that. "Quiet down."
Shanna pressed her wand to her throat and used a spell to amplify her voice, drowning out the commotion.
The tactic proved highly effective. The noise in the bar vanished by more than half at once, and everyone turned in unison toward the source of the voice.
"Enough. Stop arguing." Shanna swept her cold gaze over everyone present. "What we should be considering now is not something as trivial as villa renovations, but Avalon's future—and our own."
The bar instantly fell silent. People exchanged looks, suddenly seized by a bad feeling.
By convention, no one would say something like that unless it was especially important.
But they were not quite sure, because Albert did not seem to be here.
"What do you mean?" someone could not help asking.
Shanna did not answer. Instead, she continued, "I know some of you must resent Albert for not stopping you from doing something stupid in time. You think that if Albert had wanted to, he surely could have prevented this mistake. That is foolish. Do not try to find excuses for your own mistakes."
"A mistake is a mistake. It has never been such a big deal!" Shanna waved off those trying to defend themselves. "Albert never blamed you either. He knows you merely wanted to finish building Avalon as quickly as possible. But