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 dark, brooding eyes showed

men, yet they were all felled by a stone from this teenage

the leader's eyes turned cold, and he ordered in a

immediately rushed

emitting a trace

careful!" Jared moved as the

halted, his dark pupils filling with

have the chance to

stood still, her expression calm, not

for her hands that had yet to retract, he would have thought

jaw lifted slightly, her

her as if she were a

didn't know how they

slightly raising her hand, scattering some powdery substance, and then they

hadn't even touched a single hair on the

men in black

before looking towards

heart trembled; those eyes

uninterrupted enjoyment. The next chapter is just

walked over, his tone gentle,

him indifferently, "I didn't do it

want her conversation with her

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

stopped by a call, "May I know your name? Perhaps one day

of saving you." Tina

speaking, he

eyebrows knitting

tombstone, "Do you want me to save him?" Silence was her response. After a moment, Tina spoke with a hint of

it wasn't a significant

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

Calm Tablets 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 to Jared,

Gate Estate

in our doors!" a furious voice erupted, audible

blossom eyes slightly downcast, betraying no sign of disturbance beneath her knowledgeable pupils. From an unseen angle, the corner of her mouth

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