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I tightened my grip on Ellis Mitchell’s wrist, watching terror bloom in his eyes as realization dawned. The pain from his polson still burned through my veins, but my mind remained clear, my strength intact.
“You thought I’d just swallow a strange pill without precaution?” I asked, my voice deceptively calm despite the rage building within me.
Ellis struggled against my grip. “Let go! That venom should have destroyed your spiritual channels entirely!”
I pulled him closer, my golden energy pulsing against his skin. “I isolated your poison with my qi the moment it touched my tongue. I let just enough through to feel its effects–to confirm my suspicions about you.”
His face paled. “That’s impossible! No one could-
“Yet here I stand,” I interrupted, “while you grovel and beg”
In truth, the poison had been more potent than I’d anticipated. Some had slipped past my defenses, causing genuine agony. But years of being underestimated had taught me caution. I wouldn’t have fully trusted even Roman Volkov without verification, let alone a snake like Ellis Mitchell.
Ellis’s eyes darted frantically around the room, searching for escape. “It was just a test! I wanted to see if-”
My fist connected with his jaw before he could finish the lie. The impact sent him sprawling across the floor, blood spattering from his mouth.
“Who sent you?” I demanded, stalking toward him as he scrambled backward
“Nobody! I acted alone!” he stammered, panic evident in his voice.
I lifted him by his collar, slamming him against the wall hard enough to crack the plaster. “Last chance for truth before I start breaking things that won’t heal.”
Eamon Greene had managed to sit up, pressing a cloth against the cut on his forehead. “Don’t kill him yet, Liam. We need information.”
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Ellis’s terrified gaze darted between us. When I tightened my grip around his throat, he finally broke.
“It was Blaze Lane!” he gasped. “He promised me protection and resources if I eliminated you! Said you’d humiliated his son and needed to be put in your place!”
I wasn’t surprised. The Lane family’s arrogance had been evident since our first encounter. Still, the confirmation of their treachery ignited something cold and merciless within me.
“And you thought you’d succeed where others failed?” I asked quietly.
Ellis’s shoulders slumped in defeat. “They said you were just lucky before–that your success was circumstantial. I believed them.”
“Your f
final mistake,” I replied, releasing his throat and stepping back.
For a brief moment, relief washed over his features. Then I channeled my energy into my palm, forming a condensed blade of golden qi that glowed ominously in the dimly
lit room.
“Wait!” Ellis pleaded, dropping to his knees. “I can be useful! I know things about the Lane family–their weaknesses, their secrets!”
I regarded him coldly. “I don’t need a traitor’s help to deal with my enemies.”
“Please! I have wealth–connections! I’ll serve you loyally!”
His desperation might have moved me once, before countless betrayals had hardened my heart. Now I felt nothing but disgust for this man who would poison me after seeking my help, who would smile while watching me suffer.
“Eamon,” I said without turning, “look away if you wish.”
Ellis’s eyes widened. “No–wait-”
The golden blade flashed once, Ellis Mitchell’s head hit the floor with a dull thud, his expression frozen in eternal terror. His body slumped against the wall, bloo
from the clean cut across his neck.
During
I turned to Eamon, who hadn’t looked away. His face remained impassive, though his complexion had paled slightly.
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“Are you injured seriously?” I asked him.
He shook his head. “Nothing that won’t heal. His focus was on you, not me. After a pause, he added, “What will you do about the Lane family?”
I wiped the blood from my hands with a cloth. “Exactly what I should have done from the beginning. No more tolerance for those who mistake mercy for weakness.
Gathering Ellis’s corpse, I bound it with cultivation rope and hoisted it over my shoulder. “Stay here and rest. This won’t take long
The Lane family compound stood imposingly against the evening sky, its ornate gates guarded by men in matching uniforms who straightened when they saw me approaching.
“Halt! State your business!” the lead guard called.
I didn’t break stride. “Move aside or join your master in what comes next.*
Something in my voice–or perhaps the wrapped bundle on my shoulder–made them hesitate. When golden energy began to shimmer around my form, they wisely stepped aside, their faces pale.
Inside the main hall, voices drifted from behind closed doors. I kicked them open without ceremony, interrupting what appeared to be an important meeting.
Blaze Lane sat at the head of a long table, his son Asher beside him. Across from them sat Caspian Miller, the city official who’d been undermining me for months. All three men looked up in shock as I entered.
“How dare you barge in here!” Caspian blustered, rising from his seat. “This is a private meeting of ”
“Silence,” I cut him off, my voice deadly quiet. “Your betters are speaking now.”
have any idea
Caspian’s mouth opened and closed like a fish gasping for air. “Do you have who I am? I’ll have you arrested for this intrusion!”
I fixed him with a cold stare. “Sit down before I decide your life has less value than the air you’re wasting.”
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Something in my expression must have convinced him I wasn’t bluffing. He sank back- into his chair, though his face flushed with impotent rage.
Blaze Lane recovered his composure first. “Liam Knight. This is unexpected. What brings you to our home at this hour?”
I dropped my bundle on their polished table with a heavy thud. “I’m returning something that belongs to you.”
With a swift motion, I unwrapped Ellis Mitchell’s head, letting it roll across the table. It came to rest directly in front of Asher Lane, whose face instantly drained of color. He jerked backward, toppling his chair as he scrambled away.
“God! What is this madness?” Caspian shrieked, jumping to his feet again.
Blaze Lane remained seated, though his complexion had taken on a grayish tinge. “I don’t understand. Why would Ellis Mitchell’s… remains… belong to us?”
I placed my hands on the table, leaning forward. “Before I removed his head, he was quite clear about who sent him to poison me.”
A tense silence fell over the room. Asher Lane had backed himself against the wall, unable to tear his eyes from Ellis’s severed head.
“That’s absurd,” Blaze finally said, though his voice lacked conviction. “We had nothing to do with any assassination attempt.”
I smiled without warmth. “Funny. That’s not what Ellis said with his dying breath.”
“He was lying to save himself,” Blaze insisted. “We barely knew the man.”
“Father,” Asher suddenly broke in, his voice shaking, “perhaps we should-”
“Be quiet!” Blaze snapped at his son.
Asher’s face contorted with resentment and fear. “Why should I? You sent him after Knight! You said no one would trace it back to us if he failed!”
Blaze’s face darkened with fury at his son’s betrayal, but it was too late. The truth hung in the air between us.
“Kneel,” I commanded. “All of you. Apologize, and perhaps I’ll consider letting you live.” Caspian looked ready to faint. Blaze’s expression hardened into defiance.
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“You overestimate your position, Knight,” he said coldly. “This is still the Lane family compound. One word from me will bring fifty guards into this room.
I laughed softly. “Call them. Give them front–row seats to witness your fall.”
“We will never kneel to the likes of you, Asher suddenly declared, finding a moment of foolish bravery. “You’re nothing but a commoner who got lucky!”
His words ignited something primal within me. Before anyone could react, I moved across the room faster than their eyes could track. My palm connected with Asher’s face with such force that he flew across the room, crashing into an antique cabinet
the impact. that shattered unde
As he lay groaning amid the wreckage, I turned back to Blaze and Caspian, who now looked truly afraid.
“I used to be too kind to you,” I said, my eyes narrowing as a murderous spirit emanated from my body, chilling the air around us. “You really think I can be easily manipulated, don’t you?”
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