Wes's expression changed. "How do you know? Who told you?"

Nina squinted, pretending to know more than she did. "I know a lot. Otherwise, why would the person behind you want to kill me?" Wes scoffed, then realized something. "It was Mr. Micah who told you, wasn't it? You really have a way of deceiving him."

His hostility towards Nina increased.

"But why don't you talk about how ruthless your young lady is?" Nina retorted.

"Don't you dare speak ill of her!" Wes pressed the knife against Nina's neck, his voice menacing. "You're about to die, and you still have so much to say. Do you think I won't kill you?" Nina's breath caught, and she dared not move.

Following Wes out of the forest, she noted how familiar he seemed with the terrain.

"You're very familiar with this place," she remarked. "You must have walked through here many times."

Wes sneered. "I grew up in these mountains. This forest is nothing. I know every inch of it."

"How much longer do we have to walk?" Nina asked.

not for you to

forehead

that woman back? If you can't even do that, you're

Ivy, throwing a

brought her back!" someone

her face.

wouldn't be satisfying. Torturing those she hated was

stepped outside, where she

kneeling with fresh slap marks on their faces, clearly indicating Ivy's

dressed in traditional attire unique to Yaren tribe, giving her an exotic appearance.

kept his head down.

She walked up to Nina and slapped her without

to the side, her

at? Kneel!"

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