"Oh," Karen muttered under her breath, realization dawning on her. So this was the infamous Gillian.
The incredibly foolish idiot!
It wasn't surprising she described her that way; in Karen's eyes, Gillian was just that.
Stupid, despicable, and needing a beating!
How had Vivienne not knocked her lights out?
Gillian, hands clutched around her neck, took several deep breaths, cursing under her breath at Thomas for being such a brute with no chivalry.
After a moment, she finally turned her attention to Karen.
The legendary former captain of the Vanguard Agency, known as Lark.
And, as fate would have it, Vivienne's mother!
Gillian narrowed her eyes. "Who the hell are you? This is the secret Vanguard Agency prison! You think you can just waltz in here as you please? Thomas, let me tell you, you're in for a punishment! Don't think just because Vance told me to stay out of Vanguard Agency's business that I can't deal with you!"
Before Gillian could finish, Karen lunged forward, gripping Gillian's throat tightly.
She slammed her against the wall, feet dangling, struggling in vain.
Even Thomas, standing aside, was taken aback by how swiftly Karen had acted.
Gillian was gasping for air, on the verge of passing out.
"Dying is easy, and I could help you with that," Karen's voice was as cold as the Arctic.
Gillian, twice throttled, was furious but no match for Karen. She wanted to fight back, but a twisted smile crossed her face instead. "Go ahead, kill me! Let's see if you dare!"
into a smirk, her free hand tracing Gillian's contorted
"Don't rush. What's so scary about death? The real terror is wanting to die but being unable to. Your life is in my
the wicked smile on her face, a spitting image of
daughter - a frightening duo
force. The fall drew blood
Agency's secret prison. If I decide to enter, it
help but
she
would dare
Vanguard Agency had been
name, the Agency would've
secret prison, and Karen could come and
Karen's records were held in the highest confidentiality at headquarters, her medals enough to crush
was merely an adherence to the agency's
waved to Thomas and then left
as he seemed, and she suspected
departure, Thomas, not wanting to linger, left
took Gillian a while to regain her composure, gasping for air before
more terrifying than Vivienne. When would this mother-and-daughter
her chest, Gillian stumbled into Flynn's
yawned. "What, they've changed the help that
a pill.
Tsk, poor thing," Flynn
ingested it than his brow furrowed tightly, and he collapsed in
brow
Truly horrifying.
what they were
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