Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 623

Chapter 623: Bowing Deep

The association handled the transition with its usual efficiency.

A short request, a few verified credentials, and a reinforced transport vehicle arrived. Its frame was heavy, rune-lined for altitude and hostile terrain, engines humming with power as it settled against the mountain stone. Notifications were sent ahead through secured channels, destination confirmed, and identities authenticated.

Vespera was informed.

The doors sealed, the vehicle lifted, and the jagged mountain range slowly fell away beneath them.

The journey was smooth and saw Alexandra sit stiffly near the window with Nyx close enough that their arms brushed. The two old friends kept chatting, though it was mostly the pink-haired beauty encouraging her blonde bestie.

Aria watched the scenery pass with excitement while Luna dozed with her head resting against his shoulder. The two monster girls kept their education session going, with Bastet explaining to Calypso the marvels of the internet - namely, them watching funny cat videos.

Soon, the Ashborn manor rose from the land.

The vehicle came to a controlled stop at the outer grounds, and the doors opened without ceremony. Kaiden stepped out first and found a group of guards already waiting near the entrance.

Then the doors to the manor opened.

A line of maids and butlers filed out in practiced order and formed two neat rows along the path. They bowed deeply as one.

"Welcome home, young master."

The words landed heavier than Kaiden expected.

He stopped without meaning to and simply looked at them. Every face was lowered. Every posture careful and respectful. There was no calculation in the gazes of these people now, just obedience and expectation.

Home.

That word felt strange.

Once, this place had never felt like that. When he was the only non-awakened member of the family, the servants had given him just enough respect to keep their jobs, nothing more. They spoke politely when others were present and sneered when they thought he would not notice. Some had smiled when he failed. Others had learned to look straight past him.

Now those same people bowed.

The difference had nothing to do with affection. It was power, pure and simple. He was no longer a liability or an embarrassment. He was useful, dangerous, and painfully visible. He was the firstborn son of the Ashborn family, and even if Selena was older, it did not take much thought to see how quickly his position was changing.

He had been disowned and carried the Grey name, but that detail felt temporary. A few signatures would be enough to correct it, and everyone standing here understood that.

They were not welcoming the boy they had dismissed as a failure in a family of genetic prodigies. They were welcoming the man who might one day pay their salaries, the man who might one day be their master.

Kaiden moved first and did not acknowledge the bows or the greeting.

He walked straight down the path between the servants with his girls at his sides or a half step behind him. No one spoke as he passed, and no one lifted their head. He gave them nothing to react to, and that absence carried more weight than any response would have.

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