Chapter 115: “Are you ready for a warm up, boys?”“What’s wrong? Cat’s got your tongue?” Tess leaned in closer onto the table.“N-no, I’m afraid you’ve misunderstood my kind gesture, but that’s fine, guards, clear the tray.” Ed moved quickly.Regal stood in front of the table preventing the guard from coming any closer. As soon as he heard Tess mention poison, he felt anger brimming from within him. The thought that he could have lost her right in front of his eyes made his insides churn.“I’m afraid you have to drink the oolong tea you like so much.” Tess said, moving the cup in front of Ed.Ed froze, no one has ever challenged him like that. “I-I am full now, it’s better for the guards to clean it if you can’t drink it.”“Drink it.” Tess said curtly. Her almond shaped eyes lost their cute features and transformed to give a blood sucking sensation.Ed was hypnotized. Subconsciously, his hands reached for the cup. Halfway to his lips, he regained his composure and threw the cup against
Chapter 116: “You seem to be forgetting who you’re dealing with.”Liam’s involvement wasn’t shocking but Thomas? Luuk wavered slightly because he was a witness to his relation with Ruben. They were practically brothers from different mothers and had worked together for so many years. Luuk doubted his eyes but knowing his information source is rarely mistaken, he accepted it as the cold bitter truth and broke the news to Ruben.Surprisingly, Ruben took the news well, almost like he had suspected something was wrong with Thomas.As if they knew they had been caught, all ways to contact both Liam and Thomas proved abortive.Luuk deployed his source to the location Thomas dropped for his mother’s house and upon investigation, it was made known that Thomas’s mother died two years ago.Ruben was dangerously quiet when he read this in the investigation report. He was in a meeting but peeked into it because he felt disturbed, Thomas wasn’t one to do that. He hoped it was just a dream but turn
Chapter 117: Elaine’s doomAlthough everyone in high school did not know her past, they knew she was an adopted child. She grew increasingly frustrated as time went on, the hate continued to pile up in her heart. She hated the world even more, that is until she met Ruben. She was walking down the hallway with Tess to the biology laboratory. Tess was talking to her so she wasn’t looking and bumped into Ruben.Elaine watched his brows creased and his blue eyes glanced over to look at the person who bumped into him. Time seemed to stop and everyone froze.Ethereal!She had never experienced anyone or anything beautiful in her entire life! She watched the frown on his face vanish like it wasn’t there and his dull eyes seemed to lit up and he was staring at her?Or so she thought until she later learnt he was just too shy to make eye contact with Tess. Yet again she was the side character.She despised that part of her life and refused to take it as her fate. She decided to dedicate her
Chapter 118: “Never speak of it. Nothing happened.”Elaine almost passed out after she saw the video, all of her lies and vague explanations were debunked instantly and the truth was brought to light.She tried to call Ruben’s number again but to her surprise, he had blocked her. Her calls weren’t going through.Elaine paced around her living room, hands to her mouth she bit her already short nails off her fingers, causing them to bleed but she couldn’t feel the stinging pain at the moment.She tried calling that person’s contact again but it didn’t go through.Scared and lost, she decided to seek her only hope of survival, the orphanage. She knew that person would show up if she tried to wreck havoc in the orphanage that held his deepest secrets.Elaine managed to get out of her apartment at midnight, with the help of her assistant, she rented a car and drove off to the orphanage. Unknown to her, Ruben had his men keep a close eye on her and they were currently on her tail. They fol
Chapter 119: The universe’s last act of kindness.Arnold took a step forward to leave but Elaine wasn’t going to let him leave easily. With every ounce of strength with her, she threw him against the bed and climbed on top of him. “You don’t want me anymore?” She asked, tears brimming in her eyes. “…” Arnold was silent, trying to discern if she had been drinking.“D-do you also believe the rumors about me being Involved with my adopted father’s death?” Elaine asked, her tears fell like a rainfall. She looked so vulnerable, like a dainty beauty. Although Arnold was her closest aide, he wasn’t aware of any of her evil deeds or corruption. Somehow, within a corner of her heart, she didn’t want to taint his good image of her. Over the years, she kept him in the dark and only had him for clean work related Issues.Inwardly, she knew that if there was anyone who believed in her innocence without a doubt during these difficult times, it was Arnold.Arnold tried to mouth his feelings into w
Chapter 120: “When speaking to me, you go down on your knees.” Accompanied by Regal, Tess walked to the village square. Where the citizens of the village were made to gather.Everyone had a terrified look on their faces, children were ordered to stay indoors so only adults were present at the gathering but they still shivered in fear. This was because Tess was holding Ed’s head. His head was mutilated from his body and she walked around carrying it.Unbothered by their reaction, She cleared her throat and spoke, “Your little leader here.” She held his head up causing the crowd to roar and move back.“He tried to kill me so I had to pay him back for the kindness, an eye for an eye. He took my men captive, locked them up, starved them and stole the basic right to live along with their family from them so I stole what was most precious to him, his position and his life. If anyone has an objection to this, you can come out and suffer the same fate as him or forever hold your peace.”The
Chapter 121: “Can you meet my demands?” Shannon’s uncle, Holland felt a burning sensation in his knees and gradually, he couldn’t feel anything from there. His eyes widened in horror at this observation. He looked up from his knees, at Tess and she smirked. “You have noticed?” Her voice dropped, giving him the chills one would feel if they heard an unfamiliar voice in the dark.His personal bodyguard panicked. He tried to help Holland up but he didn’t budge, instead the weight pulled him down, it was as if Hollad was as heavy as a mountain.Holland couldn’t blame his bodyguard. He was the finest of the sturdiest men in the new generation of military men and the best he had seen in ages. Judging as he couldn’t lift him off the ground, Holland was convinced no one could.Holland feared his demise was approaching but a military man scared of death was a wimp, in fact, he had been prepared for death since the day he was born into the underworld.But when you say death, Tess wasn’t refer
Chapter 122: Journey to the CoreRegal watched Tess smile to herself like those thieves in the gambling ring that ripped people off their money.Tess returned his gaze, thinking to herself that he looked like he peed his pants.“What are you doing there? Come help me.” She said casually as if a man wasn’t melting into liquid beside her.“Also, have someone clean up that mess.” She pointed to Holland. Regal took a step back in disgust.Tess read through his thoughts. “Don’t worry, it’s not contagious and cannot harm them in any way. They just have to carry him into a wheelbarrow then into the dungeon and leave him there, it would continue for seven days before the effect of the drugs wears off and he would continue the rest of the suffering in hell.” Regal stared at Tess as if he saw a ghost.“What’s wrong?”“Nothing, nothing at all.”Holland seemed to hear their conversation, his tears flowed endlessly and the itching of his face quickened until his fingers and face skin fell apar