When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 61 The Trail Toward Witch Doctor

Chapter 61 The Trail Toward Witch Doctor

Don’t let him find out who attacked him, or he’d never let them live.

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Hansel shook his head. “Mr. Luke, the black market’s always been chaotic. People come in and expect trouble- beatings aren’t rare. When I was grabbed just now, they blindfolded me and gagged me, dragged me out. I wasn’t beaten as badly as you, but I still took a few hits. I heard that when Miss Natalie came here years ago, she was also beaten. She almost got assaulted.”

Jensen’s fury froze in an instant.

Natalie had been beaten here too?

He could barely stand the pain himself-how had she endured it, a young woman all alone?

“How do you know that?” Jensen turned sharply toward Hansel. “You’ve never told me this before.”

Hansel lowered his gaze, aware of the dangerous edge in Jensen’s eyes. “When Miss Summers came to the black market, I was with her. I stayed until we saw Witch Doctor, then I was ordered to leave. As for the beating, Miss. Natalie told me not to mention it to you. She said if your surgery succeeded, if you survived, then everything was worth it. She didn’t want you weighed down by guilt.”

Jensen fell silent.

His chest clenched with a crushing ache, almost choking him. The more he learned about what Natalie had endured for him, the more monstrous he felt.

But what could he do now?

She was gone. Whatever regret or remorse he carried, it was too late to give her anything back.

body throbbed, but the physical pain was nothing compared to what gnawed

around the empty street, mind replaying

had that man known everything-about Natalie, about

he truly just some admirer of Natalie’s? Or was there some hidden power behind her that Jensen had

cared so much about her, then maybe… maybe Natalie

Jensen’s mind raced.

silent, waiting. When he finally spoke, Jensen’s voice was low. “Do

market?”

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real bloodshed here. Once, a powerful family tried to seize control of the market. The next day they all came down with some strange illness. Within weeks, they were wiped out, not a soul left. Since then, no one has dared lay a hand on this place. There’s another reason too-it’s said Witch Doctor himself is

Jensen’s eyes narrowed.

Witch Doctor.

always circled back to

it be that the force

still hope. She could

quickened with a surge of desperate

very end of this street,” Hansel answered. He didn’t know why Mr.

“Then let’s go.”

step tore through his battered

Damn it.

him today-he would find out, and they would