Chapter 1025: Don't push your luck.

Patricia had forgotten what movie it was, but she remembered a line from a film she had watched a long time ago. It said that standing before death's door was a place of realization, regret, and clarity-a place of self-reflection.

There, a person would watch their life play before them. Some found peace in it; others found regret. But Patricia? She found anger she had never felt before - hatred that no one else could probably ever hold in their lifetime.

"I... kill you," she breathed out through gritted teeth, every breath feeling like stabbing pain in her lungs. Yet, she didn't stop as she slowly gazed up at the people towering over her beaten body.

A short cough escaped her, her teeth smeared with blood, and her body could barely move from the pain it had inflicted. Yet, her eyes shone with greater malevolence than ever. Getting beaten to a pulp seemed like something that could break anyone's spirit, but it seemed that for Patricia, getting beaten only made her spirit stronger... or perhaps, this was nothing but a struggle the last act of bravery before her impending doom.

Either way, it didn't matter to her.

She was furious to the point where her chest swelled with nothing but wishful thinking about their demise.

"With every breath I take, I curse you and your family to rot in the same trash you three came from," she muttered under her breath, laughing at their faces. "You three are going to have a more painful death than death itself, and you will never wish to live again after that."

The three strangers gazed down at her, scoffing in ridicule.

"What the hell is she talking about?" one of them laughed. "Does she think she's some kind of ancient witch saying her last words?"

"Pfft - goodness. Did you hit her head or something?"

kicked her in the stomach. She's just too fragile to take any more beating," the person responsible for the beating touched the scratch on his face. "This bitch... acting like she's tough when she can't even take a beating. If I'd beaten her seriously, she'd have

down, studying her brave front as he

bad? I'd say

man licked his lips before smirking

spat in his face. But instead of

do anything to her, right?" asked

attention on Patricia, catching how her vengeful gaze flickered with fear. "Yes, darling. You heard that right. Well, maybe if you behave, I'll keep

fate. She shook her head

the pain was too much to bear. She writhed in pain as they carried her like a sack to a more private space, where they could

the ward, staring at

on his leg, eyes

found in this ward. Since Hugo had been away, he had requested police protection for

somehow, this person managed to slip into the ward during a security shift. This led to

wardmate.

dies, his free meals are gone as well," he muttered to

parts of his body ached. It took him a moment to realize he was tied up, immediately

at him.

"You -"

his lips before pointing it at the real patient in the room. "My roomie is sleeping.

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