Chapter 1175

"Sis must be hungry. Why don't you send up some food? She loves sweet and sour pork ribs, and throw in a slice of strawberry cheesecake too."

The young man had half a mind to take it up himself, but with his face looking like a horror show, he figured it was best to keep his distance for now. No sense in giving her a fright. "Got it," Axton replied, though he was a bit miffed. The young master was bending over backward for that woman, but she didn't seem to give a hoot. It rubbed him the wrong way.

As the young man went off to tend to his injuries, Axton headed out to bring Flora her meal. Once they were gone, a woman who'd been lurking in the shadows stepped out into the open.

She wore a mask, showing nothing but a pair of eyes that glinted with a wicked intensity. Who would've thought Flora would end up here too?

Ha, what a twist of fate, bringing foes together like this. No Connor around to play the knight in shining armor this time.

She'd wrecked her own family, leaving herself in tatters-neither fully human nor ghost. But now, it was payback time, and she was ready to settle the score a hundredfold.

...

Meanwhile, over in Austenberg.

rolled in with a mob, surrounding Club 257. With a third of Club 257's top dogs whisked away by Crimson and the medical crew pulling a fast one with their sneak attack, the club was caught with its pants down-short on people and low on defenses. It wasn't

crew had the folks at Club 257 hemmed in at

the smart thing, hand over Jules and Séraphine, and

yours, Atticus!" Old P

in his voice despite the blood pouring from his arm. "Your medical Outfit's just as sleazy and

If you

even get a sniff of Club

fuming too. Damn, those medical folks were the worst. Just wait till their leader got back-they'd wipe the smug look off

outburst. Sure, they'd pulled a fast one, but

reason, don't blame us," Mr. Atticus said, raising his hand. Instantly, a bunch of sniper rifles were aimed at the

defiance in his every word. Not

watched their

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