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.

she wanted was

than death, yet she was unable to die.

stared at Rowena, looking like

enough to atone for

ask you again. Where is Moonlit Flowers on

don’t know,” Rowena said through chattering

James frowned.

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 was telling

countless generations. His grandfather even said that their family could be annihilated, but the

her teeth chattering. She fell incredibly lightheaded but was stuck

wounds on her face and arms, tormenting her by keeping her awake

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

spare you tonight,” James said.

by the time I come back for you, you can’t tell me where it is, I’ll show you true

up. Charles trembled, and a pool of liquid grew under him. He

d-don’t know anything!” Charles

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