Xiang Yu and Peng Xiu were the last two to survive the trial. The Overseer adopted them both. She saw in them a strength, a ruthlessness he admired.
Xiang Yu, with his quiet dedication, built the city, a loyal soldier and son to the woman who had stolen his youth. He also treated Peng Xiu like the sister he never had, a bond forged in the fires of the arena.
But the Overseer was a master of observation, and she saw what Xiang Yu could not. She saw the cold glint in Peng Xiu's eyes when she looked at her "brother." She saw the hunger for power, the desire to be the only one. She knew Peng Xiu wanted Xiang Yu gone, and she did nothing to stop her. After all, a little competition made for a stronger survivor.
lt was a dog-eat-dog world, and if Xiang Yu was too soft to see the truth, then that was his destiny. Funny enough, Kira didn't know that same fate was coming for her, a cold dish served by Peng Xiu herself.
