Chapter 1: Encounter

It was an evening in July, at seven o'clock, and the light of the sky had not yet faded.

At the summit of Serenity Ridge, in front of an unnamed tombstone, stood Tina Reed in black casual attire. Her delicate face, as if carefully sculpted, was touched by the cool air, "Mom, tomorrow is the day. I've heeded your advice, subdued my edge for ten years, and tomorrow-I will return to the Reed family."

The surroundings were silent, her only response, the bustling wind.

"Bang!"

A loud noise reverberated; Tina turned her head, her enchanting eyes narrowing slightly, then she looked toward the nearby disturbance.

A black sedan was parked there, its body skewed at an odd angle due to a burst tire.

A man in black sportswear emerged from the car, staggering forward as if wounded.

Then, a dozen or so people in black attire followed him.

Jared Farrell looked back, his austere face cloaked in a layer of chill. With one hand clutching his abdomen, his lips were pale.

"Don't bother running. We've paid too much to let you escape," a man in black approached him, the leader exuding an air of deadly calm, his face devoid of emotion.

"Just you?" His eyes narrowed, voice as cold as ice.

Pain in his abdomen was assaulting his brain, and he could feel the blood draining from his body-he wouldn't last much longer.

"Let's see then," said the leader of the men in black, and he attacked.

"Eh?"

At that moment, a stone, seemingly from nowhere, hit the man in black, causing his hands to tremble and his body to kneel on the ground.

The man's face changed drastically as he growled, "Who?"

Tina Reed spoke in a faint voice, devoid of emotion, "You're disturbing my mother's rest."

A dozen gazes turned towards her, all heavy with gravity.

dark, brooding eyes showed a hint

on ten men, yet they were all felled by

own business, or seek death!" the leader's eyes turned cold,

immediately

eyes narrowed, emitting a

careful!" Jared moved as the men in black

halted, his dark

have the chance to strike; they all fell

still, her expression calm,

that had yet to retract, he would have thought

slightly, her voice cold

if she were a ghost, "Who

know how

they saw was the girl slightly raising her hand, scattering some powdery substance, and then they

they hadn't even touched a single hair on

Tina could reply, all the men

them briefly before looking towards Jared, not

look, and Jared's heart trembled; those eyes were so

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his thoughts and walked over, his tone

him indifferently, "I didn't do it to save

conversation with her mother to be

turned and patted the tombstone, "I'm

"May I know your name? Perhaps one

you." Tina waved

finish speaking, he collapsed straight

back, her eyebrows knitting together, then

Tina halted, looking up at the unnamed tombstone, "Do you want me to save him?" Silence was her response. After a moment, Tina spoke

it wasn't a significant

bag, sprinkled some medicine powder on his

from the black market, a single tablet being sold for five million dollars, with no market price to match its value. After administering the pill

Moon Gate Estate in

I live, Tina shall never set foot in our doors!" a furious voice erupted, audible

slightly towards her fuming grandmother, Elizabeth, her peach blossom eyes slightly downcast, betraying no sign of disturbance beneath her knowledgeable pupils. From an

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