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.

man's body and spitting on him. "Damn. How dare he do

try to

clearly talking about

slap him, but Tristan quickly restrained me by pulling

the struggle, the jade pendant around my neck

leader's eyes locked onto it

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

do you have this jade pendant?" the leader

that he was

significance. "That belongs to the Huffman family. How do you have something from

Tristan saw what was going on, he whispered, "Be careful. Don't