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.

with the dark, brooding eyes

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

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

immediately

narrowed, emitting a

moved as the men in black charged

his steps halted, his dark pupils

chance to strike;

expression calm, not

had yet to retract, he

jaw lifted slightly,

as if she were

still didn't know how they had

raising her hand, scattering

touched a single hair on

men in black already fell to the

briefly before

look, and Jared's heart trembled; those

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and walked

him indifferently, "I didn't do

just didn't want her conversation with her

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

to leave but was stopped by a call, "May I know your name? Perhaps one

had no intention of saving you."

finish speaking, he

her eyebrows knitting together,

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

it wasn't

medicine powder on his wound, then pulled out another bottle and fed him

have recognized it as the highly sought-after Lotus 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, Tina didn't linger any

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never set foot in our doors!" a

living room, Tina's gaze shifted slightly towards her fuming grandmother, Elizabeth, her peach blossom eyes slightly downcast, betraying no sign of disturbance

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