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."

year ago, holographic technology hit the market, revolutionizing both medicine and gaming. Only the top specialists in major hospitals even know the true origins of that

country's most renowned physicians, Victor certainly knew. He spun around, his gaze burning

his idol—a genius the likes of which the world saw maybe once in a century.

a coherent thought. He quickened his

entrance. Two masked,

the whole

went wide with panic. Forgetting everything else, he tore after the

the gate, the black sedan had already

No, no, no.

prodigy had

so brilliant-was a national treasure. If

it would be a disaster for the entire

for his phone and

would call the police for her. Ironically,

the police got the report,

individual-her genius had brought the nation untold value. In Cresthaven, she should have

Instead, she'd been abducted.

something went wrong, Cresthaven would

one of the country's economic powerhouses, rankingún the top ten nationally. If this gifted scientist came to harm here, it would set the