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."

ago, holographic technology hit the market, revolutionizing both medicine and gaming. Only the top specialists in major

the country's most renowned physicians, Victor certainly knew.

of which the world saw maybe once in a century. He'd never imagined he'd meet

could barely form a coherent thought. He quickened his

entrance. Two masked, burly men jumped out, grabbed Claire without a word, and yanked her

saw the whole thing-every

else, he tore after the car

by the time he reached the gate, the black sedan had already disappeared into

No, no, no.

had

like hers so rare, so brilliant-was a national

her, it would be a disaster

scrambled for his phone

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

the report,

a top-priority protected individual-her genius had brought the nation untold value. In Cresthaven,

Instead, she'd been abducted.

went wrong, Cresthaven would never

this gifted scientist came to harm