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.

brooding eyes

ten men, yet they were all felled by a stone from this teenage girl. This

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

immediately

eyes narrowed, emitting a trace of

moved as the

his steps halted, his dark

the chance to

expression calm, not even

hands that had yet to retract, he would have

lifted slightly, her voice

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

know how

girl slightly raising her hand, scattering some powdery

hadn't even touched a single

the men

them briefly before looking towards Jared, not

heart trembled; those eyes were so clear, like

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and walked over, his

him indifferently, "I

conversation with her mother to be

and patted the

leave but was stopped by a call, "May I know your

intention of saving you." Tina waved

Jared could finish speaking,

eyebrows knitting together,

to save him?" Silence was her response. After a moment, Tina spoke with a hint of reluctance, "So be it!" Tina knelt down, lifting his clothes; she had noticed at a glance

wasn't a significant

bag, sprinkled some medicine powder on

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

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

grandmother, Elizabeth, her peach blossom eyes slightly downcast, betraying no sign of disturbance beneath her knowledgeable pupils. From an unseen angle, the corner of her mouth curled into a

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