Anna, who was about to exit through the door, couldn't move an inch anymore. It would seem as though her father had thrown the words directly at her instead of at Cory. Although the consequence of Lord Theo's words would have more effect on her, yet her reaction looked rather explosive compared to Cory's. Cory's gaze was glued to the man's face as he demanded more words. Since when has Lord Theo been thinking about this? Has he been thinking about it for a while? Or did it just occur to him out of the blue?Cory didn't know which of those thoughts to bank on. "I understand that this might come off as strange to you, but please consider it before you give a response." Lord Theo continued. Anna had been standing at the door for a while, waiting for what her father would say next. Perhaps she had thought that her ears were playing tricks on her, so she didn't want to take those words seriously in the first place. But following what her father had just added, she realised that there wa

Cory was clueless. He had no idea what to do at this moment. He couldn't choose his action. But then he knew that he would have to make a quick decision. This flood of people was flowing towards him in crazy currents. He wasn't sure if he would be able to withstand the impact. He had a choice, of course. He could decide to put up a fight and beat them all up. That would be quite a cakewalk for him. These people that he was looking at were just random men and women. They didn't look like trained martial artists. But then again, when he thought about it, he realised that it would be lame to act based on impulse. Why would he want to beat these people up? What have they done to deserve it?Although he could see that they were charging at him, yet he didn't think that was a good reason to beat them up. A random thought zoomed across his mind, too. When he had accosted the old man who had beaten up, he had thought that it was a random old man. Could this be the same situation? Cory tho

Cory's gaze shifted from the Sheriff to the voice that had just interrupted. There was a middle-aged man standing behind the sheriff. The man took two more steps and was now standing next to the sheriff. As the man exchanged greetings with the Sheriff, Cory looked closely. The man looked quite familiar. Cory was sure about this, but he couldn't really place where he knew the man from. He tried to rack his brain for a while whether or not he would get a catch, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't reach the answer he was craving for. "You must remember me." The man offered his hand to Cory. "Please excuse me." The Sheriff turned around and returned to the vehicles. At once, the vehicles left the premises. Cory could now concentrate on the man. He was staring at the hand of the man that had been stretched, seeking for a shake. He didn't take the hand. He tried to make another attempt whether or not he would recall from where he knew the man. "I don't mean to be rude,

"Cory." Elaine called his name, but he wasn't seeing her. His gaze was fixed on the man who was standing next to her. The man who was wearing a silly smile. The smile really disturbed him as he stared at the man. He felt something deep inside of him stirring up. He couldn't tell what it was yet, but he was certain that it was affiliated to rage. "I wanted to come tell you that Mara is awake. I didn't want her to go through the stress of coming all the way here. If you want to see her, you can come with me now." Elaine said to him. Cory stepped out of the living room. He still didn't give Elaine a glance. He grabbed the man by the chest, fisting his cloth. He began to push the man away as he led the way. "Cory!!!" There was urgency in Elaine's voice this time. She had no idea what the matter was. She didn't think she knew the man whom Cory had just grabbed. She didn't want to assume the situation. She turned to see Cory pushing the man away. She almost tripped and fell because o

Cory stopped when he saw Elaine looking around for him. He noticed that she was on a call. He didn't move for the next few seconds. Although he was staring at her, yet there were a couple of things going on in his head. Regarding the villain, Cory believed that he was close to understanding what was happening, yet it also felt like he was still very much clueless. He was lost in the train of thoughts. Point in time, Elaine turned around to see him standing in the way. She started to hurry towards him. There was a great mud of concern splattered across her face. "What happened just now?" She asked as soon as she got to him. "I was just staring at you a few moments ago, and then you were gone. Like you vanished. What's happening, Cory? Where did you come from again? I just turned away from this direction. You were not here." Elaine argued relentlessly. Cory understood that her argument was very valid. He shouldn't be making her worry this much. But then, when he thought of it again,