Chapter 127: You Took It From Him

My eyes wandered to the garden visible from where I stood. It was the same place where Ash and I had first met. The memory was so vivid, it felt as though it had happened yesterday. His presence back then had been overwhelming-enough to make my knees weak even now.

"Coffee?" Silver offered, breaking my reverie.

"Sure," I said, nodding as I followed him. "I missed these conversations, sir. It reminds me of the last time, minus the strings tied to my every move."

My chuckle was laced with irony, and Silver laughed in turn, knowing the double meaning behind my words.

It had been a time when he'd controlled me using my parents.

"I hope you're comfortable here. The mansion is under renovation," he remarked as he folded his arms and leaned back in his chair.

The mention of renovations was confirmation enough that something major was underway.

I thought he'd take me into the mansion itself, but instead, we ended up at another section of the estate. The view of the garden was nostalgic.

It was the same one from old photographs-ones with my mother, Simon, and the Devil himself.

Nothing much had changed. The curse haunting my bloodline remained the same, repeating history. But I was determined to break the cycle for the sake of Chiara and Thunder.

"No, it's fine," I replied with a calm smile, taking a sip of the coffee on the table. "The place is lovely-cold winds and all. It must hold a lot of memories for you, doesn't it?" For a fleeting moment, his smirk vanished.

I wondered if he ever thought about my mother. Did he ever feel guilt for what happened? My mother had been comatose because of him.

a bitter

what you're talking about," he said coolly, but his expression told a different story. "Why are you here?"

waiting for him to grow restless. The silence wasn't wasted time for me-it was

know what happened five years ago," I said without hesitation, leaning back in my chair

gaze with

you're that curious, why not figure it out yourself?" he replied cryptically, a smirk playing

his secrets, and he likely assumed I'd hit a wall with his impenetrable security systems. The memory of that unauthorized command probably still haunted him. "But alright. Ask me, and I'll

deal?" I tilted my head, suspicion

pointed at me, his smirk

in a

no longer had his focus on me. Something else

she alive?" His tone suddenly changed when he asked that. Like mine, he

I tell

gaze grew darker with every

his waist. It was a gun. A silver gun that looked amazing and elegant. Instead of being afraid as he pointed it at my forehead,

his gun to my neck. "Hey, I prefer to be shot

laughed at what I said. It seemed he couldn't believe it because he

if you shot me with that expensive gun of yours, but if I were you,

videos on the SD card I hid, and his face was in it. It was his conversation with Senator

also had Tanner transcribe that conversation for me, but I had no interest in their discussion.

kill. Everyone had the

Poor senator.

"H-How did that-"

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