and his presence helped cool some of the friction
between his parents. But in 1958, Junius and Acacia divorced but
Acacia stayed at the club at Javier's urging. Ethan and Virginia had
been arguing over money; Ethan soon had a drunken affair with Acacia.
Caulder advised him to hide this from his wife, which he did, and
definitely from the public as he had won the post of Hallmark
District Attorney. Ethan and his wife were soon high on Tony Duarte's
hit list.

II. The Chinese Connection

In 1963 Shun Ti the
undisputed female master of Feng Qi (and originally the Omegan called
Ish) was slain by Kith M'Nali, the “Black Tamerlane”. Kith was
found out and he and the Black Skull Society, tolerated in Feng Qi
for many years, were exiled permanently. Kith had been anticipating
this for decades, and sofled to a new headquarters in Japan that he
had set up in case of such an occurrence. He also had a secondary HQ
in America that he had begun putting together as early as the 1850s.
He had created an underground railroad for slaves in America. After
they were free, many slaves indebted to him did his bidding, as did
their descendants. Ironically, working for Kith M'Nali was akin to
slavery itself. The man born Abasse Mathabane learned little from the
struggles of his people; personal power was ultimately his sole
objective.

Feng Qi was intended by Shun
Ti to be ultimately inherited by Kar-Fai Liao, whose father Tsun-Lun
was Shuni-Ti's son and her greatest disciple. Kong had slain Tsun-Lun
as he had Tsun-Lun's father The Claimer and took his title for
himself. With Kong now apparently deceased Kith was