Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 492

The girl stared at him, utterly transfixed, and Victor couldn't help but think to himself-she must be dazzled by my good looks again.

He cleared his throat, feigning an aloof attitude as if he hadn't noticed her interest,

and strode past Claire without a second glance.

For her part, Claire only froze for a moment before snapping out of it and

continuing on her way.

The two of them walked off in opposite directions, the distance between them growing with every step.

Claire was just about to leave the gated community when Victor suddenly let out a shocked exclamation.

"Holy crap! I remember now!"

"She-she-she's that prodigy from the Tempest family in Northcrest City!"

"She got into the National Defense Polytechnic at five, graduated college at nine, and wrote a world-changing paper that triggered an international frenzy. The Federated States of Bellatoria even offered her a fortune to recruit her, but then she just vanished—gone for eight years."

revolutionizing both medicine and gaming. Only the top specialists in major hospitals even know

one of the country's most renowned physicians, Victor certainly knew. He spun around,

saw maybe once in a century. He'd never imagined he'd meet her

barely form a coherent thought. He quickened his pace, wanting to catch up

a black car screeched to a stop at the entrance. Two masked, burly men jumped out, grabbed

the whole thing-every

eyes went wide with panic. Forgetting everything else, he

reached the gate, the black sedan had already disappeared into

No, no, no.

prodigy had been

hers so rare, so brilliant-was a national

it would be a disaster for the

his phone and dialed

originally come to see Adah, hoping she would call the police for her. Ironically, before

the report, they

had brought the nation untold value. In Cresthaven, she

Instead, she'd been abducted.

wrong, Cresthaven would never

powerhouses, rankingún the top ten nationally. If this gifted scientist came to