CHAPTER 202
Author: Michael Chi
last update2024-11-05 19:53:44

Bianca looked deep into the man's eyes, and she could see the torment that had brought him here to the brink of destruction.

She could see that, beneath the rage and desperation, he was a father who just wanted to save his daughter.

In that moment, she felt her own sense of purpose tighten; if Nathan was going to bring down Darius, then she would fight with every ounce of her strength to make it happen.

“Listen to me,” she said firmly, her voice low but urgent. “You want Darius to pay for what he’s done, don’t you?”

He looked up, his face twisted in pain, yet a glimmer of hope flickered in his eyes. “I do. More than anything.”

“Then we need your help,” she continued. “We can’t let you destroy this place while he walks away looking like a hero."

"We have to make sure everyone in Prescott knows the truth about him. And with your story, with your daughter’s story… we can make that happen.”

The man hesitated, glancing back toward the abandoned site as if considering the gasoline cans once
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