Chapter 987

Sebastian froze, whipping his head around.

The massive thugs who had just swarmed Serena were now flying through the air like broken ragdolls, crashing brutally onto the hard floor.

The girl who had looked so slender and fragile was moving with lethal precision.

Punches. Kicks.

Every movement was a devastating, fatal strike.

There was no wasted energy, no flashy martial arts.

She sidestepped a crowbar, caught the attacker’s wrist, and twisted it sharply backward.

Snap!

The sickening crunch of splintering bone echoed through the cavernous room.

She snatched the weapon from his grasp and drove it directly into another man’s knee.

Then, without missing a beat, her leg lashed upward.

She shattered a third man’s jaw.

These were hardened criminals, standing six foot three and weighing over two hundred pounds, yet none of them could survive even a single exchange with her.

Screams of agony and the heavy thuds of falling bodies formed a horrifying symphony.

It was a completely one-sided massacre.

Sebastian’s grotesque grin vanished. His viper-like eyes bulged from their sockets.

Even the hand gripping Lydia’s throat went entirely slack.

In less than three minutes.

The thirty-two mercenaries he had paid a fortune for were writhing on the ground.

Broken limbs were twisted at stomach-churning angles.

Blood pooled on the concrete.

It was an absolute slaughter.

Serena stood amidst the wreckage.

Her clothes were completely spotless, her breathing steady.

She lifted her long lashes, locking her dark, somber gaze onto Sebastian.

“Your turn p>

Her voice was lazy, cold, and entirely devoid of emotion.

Sebastian swallowed hard.

For the very first time, a sliver of genuine terror pierced his mind.

It was an entirely foreign sensation.

But it was so foreign that p>

His blood began to boil with a perverse, euphoric frenzy.

His pupils dilated as a sick, mocking grin spread across his face. He trembled violently, his eyes glued to her.

“Beautiful… so beautiful p>

“That power, that absolute destruction, combined with that face… you’re a masterpiece p>

“Fascinating. Utterly fascinating p>

“You are the most flawless prey I have ever laid eyes on p>

Sebastian’s voice cracked with insanity.

He licked his lips aggressively. The sheer terror had ignited the twisted, psychotic core of his soul.

“You’re mine, Serena p>

“You are mine p>

He bared his teeth in a grotesque, horrific smile.

Snatching Lydia by the neck, he hauled her off the floor, pressing the

cold steel of his knife against her

cheek.

ches “Serena, you are full of

surprises p>

“No wonder… no wonder you managed to kick that idiot Isabella Thorne out of your family p>

“No wonder you caught the eye of the Blackwood heir p>

He pressed the blade harder, his smile growing ghastlier. “But, Serena, your one fatal flaw

You cafe too much. Consel

belongs to swnövels

“Your little friend is in my hands. It doesn’t matter how well you fight p>

He tapped the flat edge of the knife

against Lydia’s skin. “Serena, if you

awant her dead crawl over here

don’t

right now p>

Serena’s expression didn’t change. Stepping over the groaning bodies of his men,

she walked slowly toward him.

Every footstep.

Seemed to amplify the terror clawing at Sebastian’s chest.

His voice grew raspy and unhinged. “Get on your knees! Kneel! Do you seriously

think I won’t kill her p>

But Serena didn’t stop.

Her stunning, flawless face remained an unreadable mask of ice.