Beyond the Divorce

Facing this murderous demon, I didn't feel as brave as I was pretending to be, but I maintained a facade of righteousness.

"Don't you understand?" He taunted. "Let me enlighten you. This village is quite something. When I set it ablaze, everyone was sleeping soundly. One torch, one barrel of oil, and they were all gone. Fascinating, isn't it?" He boasted. He asked me, "Do you know why I did that? Because they defied me."

His words left me dumbfounded. No wonder the village seemed so small. There was a harrowing tale behind it.

I glanced at the old man who had smiled kindly at me moments ago, chatting away in a language I couldn't comprehend. Now, he lay cold and lifeless.

The stench of blood filled the room.

I thought I even detected a hint of a burning smell.

The whole village had been burned alive, he said.

He was a maniac.

kicking the old man's body and spitting on him. "Damn. How dare he do all that? Is there anything else I can do other than killing him?" "Aren't you

try to

clearly talking about

forward, wanting to slap him, but Tristan quickly restrained me by pulling

jade pendant around

locked onto

guns pointing at us. He didn't dare underestimate the enemy. The best thing he could do now was protect

Who are you? How do you have this jade pendant?" the leader

he was jealous I

know about this pendant?" I countered, staring him down, realizing he understood its significance. "That belongs to the Huffman family. How do you have something from the

going on,