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.

wanted

right. Living was worse than death,

stared at Rowena, looking like a bereaved

near enough to atone

again. Where is Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s

said through chattering teeth, barely able

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

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

She fell incredibly lightheaded

emanated from the wounds on her face and arms, tormenting her by

she felt of him ran deep into her core. She kept pleading

spare you tonight,” James

Find out where the painting went. If by the time I come back for you, you can’t tell me where it is,

over to Charles, dragging the cowering man up. Charles trembled, and a pool of liquid grew under him. He

d-don’t know anything!” Charles stuttered before begging for

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