Chapter 50 

James’s roar was like cracking thunder, making Rowena’s ears ring and leaving her in a daze. 

All she could do was sob, not knowing how else to respond. After a while, she finally calmed down enough to say something, her face a look of despair. 

“I don’t know… I really don’t… I - I think Trent took the painting to the Capital as a gift for someone.” 

Slice! 

James picked up the switchblade from the bed and swung it at Rowena’s hand, splattering blood everywhere, 

Rowena opened her mouth in agony, but no sound came out. Her expression twisted hideously in pain and she trembled. 

James casually pulled out some silver needles and inserted them into Rowena’s body. 

Rowena could not die yet. Not without the painting back in his hands. Her palm stopped bleeding after the needles were inserted, but the pain was still there. It was an unbearable kind of pain. 

now, all she wanted was to

was right. Living was worse than death, yet she

back down and stared at Rowena, looking like a bereaved

enough to atone for your sins,”

you again. Where is Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge?”

don’t know,” Rowena said through chattering teeth, barely able to get

James frowned. 

average person would have cracked and told him the truth under such torture, out of a primal need for self-preservation. If Rowena was saying that she had no idea where the painting was, did it mean she

family’s most treasured heirloom. It had been passed down through his lineage for countless generations. His grandfather even said that

She fell incredibly lightheaded but was stuck in consciousness, unable

her face and arms, tormenting her by keeping

him ran deep into her core. She kept

spare you tonight,”

If by the time I come back for

trembled, and a pool of liquid grew under him.

d-don’t know

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