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“Adam, our grudge is settled. Why did you capture me?” Sasha demanded, her eyes blazing.“Settled? When?” Adam tilted his head, genuinely appearing to search his memory. “I must have missed it.”“Don’t play dumb.” She crossed her arms, jaw tight. “I served you for two days, and then my father redeemed me with the phoenix blood herb. What more could you possibly want?”“You’re right,” Adam conceded easily. “We were even. Before today.” He let that land. “Then you showed up at Gunther’s wedding.”“That’s absurd. I attended a wedding — I didn’t raise a hand against you. Half the region was there. Why am I the only one standing in front of you right now?”Adam regarded her for a moment, something almost like amusement passing through his expression. “Didn’t expect you to have such a sharp tongue.” He waved a hand. “Fine. You can go. But hear me clearly — stay out of my affairs and don’t entertain any thoughts of revenge. The consequences won’t be worth it.”“I never intended to seek reven
Chapter 709
Tessa nodded.“What if someone threatens you using your grandfather and parents?” Adam pressed, his eyes narrowing. He already knew her answer before she gave it — or rather, before she failed to give it.The hesitation was immediate. Tessa’s lips parted, then closed again. Her grandfather and parents were the single thread anyone could pull to unravel her completely, and both she and Adam knew it.His expression hardened. “I’m warning you,” he said coldly. “Even if someone threatens you with your grandfather and parents, you must not give yourself away. Do you understand me?”“Yes.” Tessa nodded, though the word came out smaller than she intended.“Understanding isn’t enough.” His voice dropped to something quieter and far more dangerous. “You must remember it. And if you find you can’t keep this promise —” he paused, letting the silence do its work, “— I will kill your grandfather and parents myself. Right now. Then you won’t have to worry about them being used against you ever agai
Chapter 708
To Adam’s surprise, besides Sasha, Whitney was also missing.Adam didn’t bother to search for her either. She had her own feet to carry her wherever she wished, and he had neither the patience nor the inclination to chase after a woman who clearly didn’t want to be found. Whatever her reasons, they were her own.Leaving Lord Venom, Gina, and the others to handle the aftermath of the chaos that had unfolded, Adam took Tessa by the wrist and led her away from the ruins of what was supposed to have been a wedding. The contrast wasn’t lost on him — she was still dressed in white, still breathtaking, still radiating that quiet grace that had always unsettled him in ways he refused to examine too closely.The journey back to Hollow Reach Valley was silent. Tessa didn’t speak, and Adam didn’t offer her any words of comfort or explanation. The tension between them was a living thing, coiled and restless, filling the space where conversation should have been. Tessa stole glances at his profile
Chapter 707
Aside from Gina, Ese was visibly shaken as well. Her fists were clenched, nails digging into her palms, eyes fixed on Adam with a mixture of confusion and anger. Even Lord Venom felt a faint ripple of resentment stir within him, though he buried it immediately. As a subordinate, his loyalty to Adam was absolute. Whether he understood the decision or not did not matter.Adam’s hand continued to stroke Elsa’s hair slowly, almost tenderly. His other hand rested against her back, steady and unmoving.Elsa was still crying, her body trembling as she clung to him, convinced she had been spared.Then, without warning, the temperature in the room dropped.A surge of dense, pitch-black energy erupted from Adam’s palm. There was no explosion, no sound. The force passed straight through Elsa’s back and shattered her heart in an instant.Her body stiffened.Her eyes widened in disbelief, tears frozen on her lashes, before the light within them faded. Her lips parted as if she wanted to speak, but
Chapter 706
Lord wavebreaker face drained of all color. His lips trembled, but his spine stayed straight as he knelt.“O’ Supreme General, I deserve death,” he said hoarsely. “I will not beg for my life. I only ask that my family be spared. They know nothing of my crime.”The hall was silent. No one dared to breathe.Adam studied Wavebreaker for a long moment. This was not a coward kneeling before him. This was a man who knew the cost of betrayal and accepted it without complaint.“You have rendered great service over the years,” Adam said calmly. “Your loyalty before today will not be erased by one failure. Your family will be protected and provided for. They will live without fear.”Wavebreaker’s shoulders shook. He pressed his forehead to the ground.“Thank you, O’ Supreme General.”He rose without hesitation, reached for a spear resting nearby, and positioned its tip against his chest. There was no scream. No second thought. With a single decisive motion, he drove the weapon through himself.
Chapter 705
When the blinding light finally faded, the lobby no longer resembled a place meant for celebration.It was a battlefield.The marble floor in front of Adam was completely destroyed, reduced to a jagged crater that spread outward like a spiderweb. Tables had been torn apart and scattered into splinters. Decorative pillars had collapsed. Shards of glass and broken stone littered the ground.Bodies were everywhere.The Gods of War and Elders who had launched the attack lay sprawled across the ruins. Their clothes were burned black. Their skin was charred, still faintly smoking. Blood seeped from their noses and mouths, bright red against scorched flesh.Some had already gone still.Some twitched weakly, barely conscious.Others clung to life, eyes vacant, lungs struggling to draw breath.Among them lay Gunther.Lord Venom stood frozen, his breath shallow. Gina stared in disbelief, her blade hanging loosely at her side. Dante and Ese felt their scalps go numb.A pre-divine grandmaster.Mo
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