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.

the man with the dark, brooding eyes showed a hint of

on ten men, yet they were

own business, or seek death!" the leader's eyes turned cold, and he ordered in a low

immediately

narrowed, emitting

moved as the men in black

steps halted, his dark

chance to strike; they all fell

her expression calm, not even

yet

lost!" Tina's jaw lifted slightly,

if she were a ghost, "Who are you? What did you

didn't know how

her hand, scattering some powdery substance, and then

they hadn't even touched a single hair on the

Tina could reply, all the men

briefly before looking towards Jared, not far

those eyes were so clear, like

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his thoughts and walked over,

him indifferently, "I didn't

just didn't want her conversation with her mother

that, Tina turned and patted the tombstone, "I'm leaving, you take

was stopped by a call, "May

saving you." Tina waved her hand and

Before Jared could finish speaking, he collapsed straight

turned back, her eyebrows knitting together, then she

halted, looking up at the unnamed tombstone, "Do you want me to save him?" Silence was her response. After a moment, Tina spoke with a hint of reluctance, "So be it!"

it wasn't a significant

bag, sprinkled some medicine powder on his wound, then pulled out another bottle and

black market, a single tablet being sold for five million dollars, with no market price to

at Moon Gate Estate

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

no sign of disturbance beneath her knowledgeable pupils. From an unseen angle, the corner of her

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