Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

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

rough, deep and magnetic, but with frayed edges, probably from the drug seeping into his

was so slight it was almost lost in

curved into a

Of course it is.

balled into

his part, fought the fire

as he struggled to control

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

if she had the upper hand, even smiling! The drug was stronger than I

the pungent aroma of plum pierced the haze and briefly

was all

elbow dug into her ribs and her right

fingers expertly pressed his pressure points,

a matter of seconds, the

his finger dance softly over the trigger, the

his chest,

few moments ago, was now face to face with a woman who was smiling at him with cold

Next time, think twice.

times before wielding this.

it might go off

the gun with the firmness of someone who had seen

Drugged, huh.

like you went too

anyone like her: a woman who looked danger in the face and He smiled

Kellan didn't even stop.

put his hand on

gun shook as Allison's arm bent, and in that

her shoulder, crushing her against

tongue, but the fear was a distant memory, replaced by something much more exhilarating, an emotion she hadn't

been since she had fought with true intention She didn't

the Stevens family's obedient puppet for three long years, the Scarlet Serpent was still coiled inside