Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 234

Mandy twirled the butterfly knife in her hand, her voice casual yet dripping with menace, "Wrong? Just saying you're wrong and thinking that's the end of it? Do you think I'm that easy to dismiss?"

"Do you remember what I told you over two months ago?"

"You can bully me, but I can take your lives. One life for three lives, a bargain. Want to test it?"

Recalling her words, and the icy coldness of the knife pressed against their backs, the three girls were reduced to tears.

Under Mandy's coercion, they were like lambs led to slaughter, forced to brush their teeth, wash their hair, and bathe using her toiletries before drying off with a towel that was filthy and reeking.

Mandy watched with a smile that held not a hint of warmth. "That's more like it."

Do you know why a snake has fangs? Because some things, you can't simply hide from.

Mandy chuckled coldly to herself, plotting her next move: she needed to find that man with the Maybach at Starlight Bar tonight.

Money, what a wonderful thing.

Too bad she didn't have any. So she'd have to get it from those sleazy men.

And she felt not a shred of guilt about it.

Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting patterns on the corridor of Cresthaven General Hospital.

swiftly to the hospital, changed into a crisp white coat, and masked his

bed, assuming the doctor was there for a routine check-up, and

nurse, Sophia, over his phone, a sly smile playing on his

inside him. He approached Nathan without hesitation and stuffed a foul sock into

hands instinctively reaching to remove the sock, but Liam's iron grip held him fast. With a sickening crunch,

nearly made Nathan lose consciousness,

pummeling Nathan's face

again under the assault, the sound of breaking

struggled briefly, but the excruciating pain knocked him out cold, his body limp on

Liam felt a surge of relief,

deeply and turned to find Victor standing at the door, shock written all over

were too reckless; there are

in his gaze. "So,

glanced at the battered Nathan. "You need to leave.

on the shoulder, "You're a real one. Drinks are on me tonight." As night fell, Cresthaven buzzed with

and Victor drank themselves into oblivion at the

the

was haunted by his past cruelty to Claire, each memory of his harsh words and actions leaving him feeling

they drank? Liam was intoxicated but still

a poor tolerance and was

been watching them from a dark corner for