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 the true origins

knew. He spun around,

saw maybe once in a

a coherent thought. He

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

whole thing-every terrifying

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

by the time he reached the gate, the black

No, no, no.

had been

so

be a disaster for the entire

phone and

she would call the police for her. Ironically,

the police got the report, they were just as

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

Instead, she'd been abducted.

Cresthaven would

the top ten nationally. If this gifted