Chapter 218:

Norah sampled the cake with just two bites before setting her spoon aside. Only a small portion had been eaten, leaving the majority untouched on the plate.

“Aren’t you going to finish it?” Sean asked.

“It’s overly sweet for my taste,” Norah replied.

Sean slid a freshly poured glass of lemonade toward her, a drink he had ordered while she sampled the cake.

“This should help cut through the sweetness,” he said.

After a couple of sips, the tart lemonade mingled with the residual sweetness in Norah’s mouth. She paused and then indulged in two more sips. Despite its sweetness, dessert had a way of lifting spirits.

gestured toward the bag under the table and delivered chilling news in a steady

fingers. Norah’s expression remained stoic, her voice steady and unemotional as she disclosed such gruesome

she really be telling the truth? He frowned and wondered what she meant by fingers. He vividly recalled the scene outside the deserted factory where

previous fear and timidity toward violence, the idea that she could possess a bag of human fingers seemed

m𝚘𝚛e u𝚙d𝚊tes 𝚒n ɢ𝚊l𝚗𝚘v𝚎l𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖

be serious. Right?” After a brief pause, Sean’s gaze moved from the bag to lock

the table, placed the bag

as she did, the pungent scent of blood wafted out, revealing a grotesque collection of human fingers. The cuts were clean, evidently done with a knife, and every finger bore

site. They tore at her clothes and aggravated her injuries, which led me to sever each of their fingers,” Norah observed Sean’s increasingly rigid expression, her gaze dropping as

were cowards, thinking they could escape after merely intimidating me. But escape was futile. A simple slash across their throats was all it took to end their lives.” Her voice

me?” Norah knew that this incident might cast her in a merciless, unfeeling light in Sean’s eyes. Yet, what did that matter?

her head, she found

told me about this,” Sean chided gently. He caressed her back tenderly and added, “Do you really think so little of

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