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Chapter 71 (Justice or betrayal?)
Author: Lucypink
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“What exactly are you trying to buttress?” She stated with probing eyes, and he only responded with a mischievous smile.

More was yet to come, and it seems Natalie was going to be a part of it. She had thought he would run away and let the havoc befall the city and then the world at large, but he was trying to be responsible in a devious way.

“I'm ready” she affirms, and they stood up together. Alex communicated with the men who had gathered at both the exit and entrance of the woods to retreat because he was coming up with a plan B.

“You would let him live?”

“Natalie, for now, let me take the lead” he beckoned, not wanting to respond to any of her questions.

He was actually learning a lesson from his stay over here. During his previous life, he would say he was a coward for running away from the crisis at hand rather than facing.

What he heard so far about his present life broke him down, but he was never going to run away again. If he couldn't correct it, then he would prefer dying,
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