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Chapter 144: The Past.
After a few long days of monitoring, antidotes, and endless groaning from both parties, Zora was finally cleared for discharge.Kai pushed the wheelchair with the enthusiasm of someone rolling a ticking time bomb. Zora, of course, was doing the absolute most. Waving at nurses like she was royalty, tossing dramatic goodbyes to the doctors, and even saluting a janitor.“Farewell, noble citizens of the healing citadel,” she announced. “I, Queen Zora of Stubbornland, take my leave!”Kai didn’t even flinch. “You forgot to thank the psychiatric ward.”She gasped, looking up at him. “How dare you! I was poisoned!”“Mentally or physically?”One nurse chuckled as they passed. Two elderly women whispered, and one said aloud, “They must be siblings. They even argue the same.”“I’m an only child,” Kai muttered under his breath.Zora grinned. “Aww. Does that mean I’m your first and last emotional damage?”Kai rolled her to the passenger seat of the car and unceremoniously opened the door. “In.”“Y
143: Awake, but Still Loud-Mouthed
The sharp sound of something being chomped... loud, slow, and unapologetically obnoxious snapped Kai out of his sleep. His eyes fluttered open, heavy from the weight of exhaustion, and for a second, he had no idea where he was.Then he turned his head.And there she was.Sitting up in bed like she hadn’t just cheated death, hair a mess, cheeks puffed with fruit, eyes bright with mischief, and crunching into an apple like the most dramatic patient the hospital had ever seen.Kai blinked. “What… the hell?”Zora grinned mid-chew. “Morning, sunshine.”He let out a low exhale, long and heavy, pinching the bridge of his nose. “You’re alive.”“Very,” she replied, raising the apple like it was a trophy. “And starving. Got a fruit basket delivery from someone. Could be from your rich lapdog Thane. Not sure. But damn, I needed this.”He studied her for a moment, really studied her. Her color had returned. Her breathing was steady. No signs of the poison flaring up again. The cocktail of antidot
142: They Are Dead.
Thane watched him in silence, his gloved hands folded behind his back. He had seen his young master angry before...furious, even. He had seen him storm entire buildings, break bones without blinking, rip through enemies with that infamous cold calm. But this…This was different.There was rage in his silence. Not the explosive kind, but the kind that simmered...that boiled low and steady, slow like lava, and dangerous like a blade pressed to the throat.Thane could feel it in the air around him. The shift in aura. The way Kai’s eyes never stayed still, the tightness in his jaw, the rigid stillness in his shoulders.He was mad.Not for power. Not for vengeance.This time… it was personal.Thane’s gaze flicked to the closed hospital door, then back to Kai.“I’ll find them,” he said quietly, his voice a vow. “Whoever they are, wherever they’re hiding, I’ll dig them out of whatever hole they crawled into. They’ll regret this, Young Master.”Kai didn’t respond immediately. He stood there l
141: A Reason.
Kai's heart stopped the moment he saw the black veins racing through Zora’s skin. The poison was moving fast—too fast.“Shit!” he hissed, dropping to his knees beside her. With trembling hands, he pressed his palm against her wound, his energy flaring as he activated a basic suppression technique. It wouldn't cure her, but it would buy time—if only a little.Her breath hitched. Her body jerked.Kai's breath turned ragged.“Stay with me,” he growled, his voice shaking more than he wanted to admit. “Don’t you fucking dare close your eyes.”He scooped her into his arms and stumbled forward, his mind racing. They were in the middle of the damn street so late at night —no car in sight. He turned, eyes wild, and that’s when he spotted it—an old taxi turning the corner, slow like it had all the time in the world.Kai didn’t wait.He ran straight at it, nearly throwing himself in front of the vehicle. The driver cursed, slamming on the brakes.The driver rolled down his window. "You—""City G
140: Injured Zora
Zora fought like a savage shadow. Her breath was sharp and controlled, eyes narrowed as she ducked under a wild swing, her dagger flashing upwards in a quick arc meant to open throats. The man she faced was taller, broader, more experienced, but Zora had the kind of speed that couldn’t be taught—and a survival instinct carved out of years of crawling through death traps and double-crossed tombs. She pivoted, dropped to one knee, and swept his legs from beneath him with a swift kick. The moment he crashed down, she was already on him, jamming her blade downward toward his chest. He caught her wrist—barely. They struggled, a breathless tug-of-war between brute force and deadly precision. His free hand swung up to punch, but Zora twisted her weight sideways, using his own arm to flip herself onto his back. With a grunt, she jammed her elbow into his neck and brought her blade down—not to the chest, but straight into the soft space between his collarbone and shoulder. He froze.
139: Attacked.
The moment Kai caught a closer look, his eyes narrowed.Only six.Not ten like he thought earlier. But something felt off—dead wrong. Their stance wasn’t sloppy, their grips weren’t casual, and their eyes… weren’t empty. These weren’t street punks looking for easy prey. There was calculation in their silence. Intent behind every shift of their foot.Kai took a slow step forward, his voice low, calm. “What do you want?”No answer.Just that eerie, bone-deep quiet that usually came before a bloodbath.Then the first one lunged.Kai moved like instinct. A twist, a block, a strike—and then his palm met something solid. Too solid.The impact shot up his arm like he’d hit stone. His brow furrowed.That wasn’t normal.These weren’t regular thugs.Another attacker came at his side, and Kai ducked, sweeping a leg—but again, the guy caught himself mid-air with shocking speed, flipped over, and landed like a trained assassin. No hesitation. No words.Kai’s lips twitched into a scowl.“Damn.”In
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