Chapter 600 Escape from the Orphanage

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They said she had killed a lot of people–had caused unimaginable destruction. Hector didn’t care about any of that; no matter how many lives she had taken… it didn’t matter to him.

He just wanted to know she was safe.

Hector mobilized every resource he had, turning the entire city upside down in his search. But Jean had vanished–completely and utterly–like she’d been erased from the face of the earth.

Even so, Hector never gave up.

His network of searchers expanded further and further, reaching into other cities.

He had to find her, alive or dead. He needed to know the truth.

And then, in the midst of his desperate, sleepless search for Jean-

His consciousness suddenly blurred. By the time he came to, he found himself standing before a strange tree.

“You want to see her?” the Genesis Root asked, its voice breaking the heavy silence.

Hector lifted his brow slightly but remained silent.

him–this tree knew

said firmly, eyes sharp,

Root replied, its tone light and ethereal, like misty rain brushing past the

frowned, unable to fully

“Your longing to find her runs far too deep, even I can feel it. She made mistakes and now

final word fell, Hector didn’t even have time to react. Darkness swallowed him whole; his senses

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600 Escape from the

had been in the orphanage for as long as she could

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pecking order—an unspoken “class system.” Jean had always been at the

scolded, stolen from—she had tried to fight

quiet and awkward,

in the orphanage—those who bullied at will—were

few smooth lies,

her odd, withdrawn personality, she never

trust.

it was just verbal abuse–food snatched away, rough shoving,

the hair, pinned her down with their feet, shoved her

they wouldn’t cross was killing her. Everything else was

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