The Pinnacle Of Life

Alex explained. “You need not fear me so much. I won‘t do much to you… For now. I just want to make one thing clear! Forty five years ago, was it you who forced poisoned wine upon Yvonne Wilmer and Brittany Rockefeller?”

His voice was sharp, clearly demanding an answer. After he was done, Ruby’s legs started to shake uncontrollably, as if an entire mountain weighed on her shoulders. She could barely stand anymore.

Lexia was planning to call in reinforcements from the Divine Constabulary and even more from Alaska to back Alex into a corner. However, at Alex’s question, her thoughts were put to a halt.

‘What is this situation?’

She stared at Alex, the wheels turning in her head. What had happened back then… She remembered everything so vividly.

Yvonne and Brianna had gone missing on a very stormy night. A typhoon warning was even called. He heard that the Red Guard had found new evidence of Yvonne working with the underground, and they wanted to arrest her for questioning.

Geronimo threw a fit, running outside to take care of it, yet he never came back during the night.

That was the night that they went missing. Nonetheless, no one knew where either of them went. After Geronimo came back without wife nor daughter, he nearly tore the house apart in rage.

then, Ruby had said something along the lines of, “Perhaps Yvonne didn‘t want to drag

stopped looking for them. Years. He spent

years later, someone would come knocking to ask if Ruby had

her mouth shut and watched the

nonsense again! Why would I poison

“You’re lying!”

have many methods

it. Under half a second,

or your son dies!” she said in simple

her head. “I told you I didn’t do it. Even if you kill him, I’m still not guilty of poisoning

if she were to come clean and confess everything, not only would her son die, but everyone from her bloodline would suffer. So, even if her

the arrow piercing through skin echoed through the room. Aunt Rockefeller had

Bennett was so terrified that shivers wracked his body, and all he could do was choke and

his meridians in place using spiritual energy, so even moving a finger would prove