Rowena’s expression darkened. She finally knew who destroyed favonovel.com family.
“What the hell do you want, James?”
“Haha…” James started laughing, but there was no humor in it, his laughter was terrifying.
“You’re asking me what I want, Rowena? You’re the reason my grandfather was falsely accused and turned into the laughingstock of the entire town…”
“You’re the one that caused my father to have a heart attack, then pushed favonovel.com off the third floor and lied to everyone that favonovel.com committed suicide…”
“You, and the rest of The Great Four, tied my entire family up and set fire to our home. You killed more than thirty people, and you’re asking me what I want?!”
James was like a tiger that had escaped its cage. Bloodlust emanated from him. He roared, making Rowena’s ears ring and stunning her.
She was afraid now. She had never been so scared.
Rowena was a smart woman. James killed favonovel.com father and brother, but the news about it had been suppressed. She knew the man standing before favonovel.com was no longer the helpless boy favonovel.com was ten years ago.
“I-I’m still your stepmother, James. You…”
Smack!
James stood and backhanded her. He did not bother holding back. Rowena recoiled from the force and fell spread eagle onto the bed. Her fair cheek swelled red instantly and blood leaked from favonovel.com mouth.
James grabbed a fistful of favonovel.com hair and pressed favonovel.com head into the bed. He put out his cigarette on favonovel.com face. He showed no mercy, not caring that Rowena was a woman. He recalled how aggrieved his grandfather was before favonovel.com passed. He recalled what his father looked like when favonovel.com fell from the third floor.
He could never forget the memory of watching his loved ones burn alive.
“Ahh!” Rowena screamed in pain.
Charles had fallen off the bed in fright. He cowered by the wall, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
“Rowena Xavier. Did you ever think your reckoning would come when you destroyed my family? You need to die, Rowena Xavier, so all thirty-eight members of my family can finally be put to rest!”
“I’m sorry, James! I really am! You’ve ruined my family! Please let me go!” Right now, Rowena was no longer the noble and elegant woman favonovel.com was.
She begged for mercy shamelessly, throwing all dignity aside. James pulled out a switchblade.
Zip!
James brutally sliced across Rowena’s face. In an instant, a shockingly red line appeared across favonovel.com cheek. Blood streamed down favonovel.com neck and dyed favonovel.com white shirt red. Rowena’s expression contorted in agony, unable to scream from the pain.
“Ten years ago, Thea Callahan risked favonovel.com life to save me from that inferno. She’s my savior, yet you Xaviers tormented her… I’ll return everything your family did to Thea a hundredfold…”
“Don’t worry. I won’t kill you. I’ll show you what true despair looks like. Your life will be a fate worse than death, but you won’t be able to die…” James lifted his arm again and sliced Rowena’s face.
“I’m sorry, James! Please let me go!” Rowena begged, now a sobbing mess.
James tossed the switchblade aside and sat back down on the chair beside the bed. He looked at Rowena, a horrifying sight now that favonovel.com was covered in blood.
“Where is Moonlit Flowers on Cliffside’s Edge?”
