The Blackthorn Tower, 1147 Gallows Row, Ashford Heights, Westridge...It was an abandoned seven-story textile mill that had been turned into a fortress.At that moment, on the seventh floor, a young woman and a little girl were tied by their hands to a rope above their heads.The rope was so old and worn that it looked ready to snap at any moment under the weight hanging from it.The two were clearly Jimmy Dale's family: Ariadne, his daughter, and Stephanie, his wife.Ariadne, the birthday girl, was dressed in a princess gown with a little princess crown on her head. Naturally, this should have fallen off when they were dragged away, so someone had clearly placed it back on her head afterward. Who knew for what purpose.Tears ran down her cheeks, her eyes bloodshot and full of fear, her breathing ragged. She swayed with every gust of wind.Stephanie, on the other hand, wore an Ivory Rose gown that no longer looked like one, with rips here and there and bloodstains.Blood dripped fro

Fear seized Jimmy's heart, his body breaking out in a cold sweat. "What... What do you mean?" he stuttered, trying his best to be brave, but the shaking of his voice and legs gave it all away.But the young man seemed done talking to him. He ignored him completely. There was an elevator beside the flight of stairs, leading to the seventh floor.He walked toward it, pointing at the steps, which were broken all over, some missing entirely, and looked as if no one had climbed them in ages. "Jimmy Dale, my boss and your family are waiting on the seventh floor. Take the steps. You have 25 minutes, not a second late. Or you know what will happen. I have to tell you, my boss is an impatient man, and he has already been waiting for a while now."His finger hit the elevator button as he said the last word, and as the doors opened, he walked in and turned to face Jimmy. "The clock is ticking. Tick tock." He pressed the number seven. The doors began to close."Why can't we go together? Isn't it

Jimmy's body shook violently with each step he took, his teeth grinding against each other as intense anguish sizzled through him. He looked so pitiful, blood trailing behind him. With how much he had lost, it was a wonder he was still alive."Sniff..."Ariadne and Stephanie broke down in tears. This time, even Stephanie didn't try to hold herself back. She bawled loudly, just as loudly as Ariadne.The scene was so cutting, so painful, especially since they knew Jimmy had suffered these injuries just to get to them. Victor's second-in-command had said as much when he arrived earlier, as he explained why Jimmy wasn't with him, and Victor Kane had been proud and pleased about it."Please don't cry. I'm here, so why are you still crying?" Hearing his family bawling, Jimmy forced himself to smile through the pain. "See, I'm perfectly fine. Don't cry."But this only made the pair cry louder."You shouldn't have come. You shouldn't have come," Stephanie said through tears, her heart clenchi

Pledge allegiance to him?The room was plunged into a stunned silence.Victor shook with rage. Not only had this punk barged into his clan and killed his men, he even dared to ask him to bend the knee. How outrageous! What gave him the guts? Who did he think he was?!"Think carefully," Robin said. "Whatever decision you make will decide the fate of you and your men.""Daddy, is he your superhero?" Seeing what was happening, Ariadne suddenly asked.Stephanie perked up too, waiting for his answer.Jimmy nodded. "With him here, we are saved."This reply didn't escape the ears of Victor, the young man, and the rest of the thugs. It had them furrowing their brows.This young man was just one person. Wasn't Jimmy being overconfident, thinking he was saved just because he was here?But before any of them could voice their displeasure, Jimmy turned to Victor. "I don't know why My Lord wants you to pledge allegiance to him. Naturally, he would have killed you and be done with it, so you'd bett

Robin Ramsay?The same young man who had been going against their family?The Aldridge family was shocked, then filled with immense anger.After everything he had done, he dared to walk into their home and start killing!The guts!When had anyone ever looked down on them like this? This punk didn't take them seriously! If they didn't teach him a lesson, he might really think they were nothing and that he could always walk all over them!It didn't matter to them what reason Robin had for going on a killing spree in their home.What mattered was that he dared!"Guards!" As Patriarch and Sebastian's father, Arthur's rage was fiercer than the rest of the family's. It was because of this young man that he'd had no choice but to strip his son of his status. It was also because of him that they had fallen from their position among the Tremendous Five, something that had never happened before, making him look like a disappointment to the forerunners. He was filled with rage.At his bellow, mo