Chapter 8: You're not very afraid, are you? The man stood there, exuding a cold and menacing aura.

Allison didn't flinch, though her right hand was already curling with the subtle strength she'd perfected over the years.

It had been a while since I had tasted this kind of life-or-death tension.

The calm of his days had almost made him forget what he felt.

Outside, the pounding of hurried footsteps resounded, rapidly approaching.

Find him! We use the last of Sombra.

That could knock out an entire squad.

It won't go far.

Move, before dawn! Allison's mind was working fast.

So, he was high.

As the footsteps faded, the gun pressed to his side began to shake.

His hand was barely firm, the grip weakening by the second.

I'm not in the habit of prying.

I'll act like I didn't see anything tonight.

His voice was steady even as the gun dug into his waist.

And if you don't want that wound to fester, you better go to a hospital soon.

Although he couldn't see clearly in the darkness, his keen senses caught the sharp taste of blood in the air.

But his voice, though strained, was cold as ice.

won't live

words were rough, deep and magnetic, but with frayed edges, probably

her voice was so slight it was

lips curved

Of course it is.

balled into a calculating

fought the fire coursing through

eyelids fluttered as he struggled to

where he stood, he could only make out a piece of her neck, pale and delicate, as if a simple

had the

of plum pierced the haze and

was

her elbow dug into her

pressed his pressure points, disarming him

seconds, the tables

gun in his hand, he let his finger dance softly over the trigger, the gun glowing in

pointed it at his chest, calm and completely

moments ago, was now face to face with a

Next time, think twice.

times before wielding this.

never know when it might go

the gun with the firmness of someone who had seen it

Drugged, huh.

went too far

a woman who looked danger

Kellan didn't even stop.

hand on

and in that

grabbed her shoulder,

memory, replaced by something much

had been since she had fought with true intention She

was that, after having been the Stevens family's obedient puppet for three long years, the Scarlet Serpent

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