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."

Only the top specialists in major hospitals even know the true origins of

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

which the world saw maybe once in a century.

was so excited he could barely form a coherent thought. He quickened his pace, wanting to catch up with

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

saw the whole thing-every terrifying

panic. Forgetting everything else, he tore after the car like a

by the time he reached the gate, the

No, no, no.

prodigy had

so rare, so brilliant-was a

her, it would be a disaster for the

for his phone

come to see Adah, hoping she would call the police for her. Ironically, before Adah could even react, Victor had already made

report, they were just

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

Instead, she'd been abducted.

wrong, Cresthaven would never

this