Chapter 83: Resentment

Chapter 83 - Resentment 

Elijah sat silently at the head of the table.

Leona stood at his side, serene and beautiful like a doll sculpted for war.

Before him, Isac, Albert, and Luke sat stiffly, tension bleeding from their very pores.

Elijah's expression was twisted into a deep, ugly frown.

He had just returned from his mission—

and despite managing to wound the beast, he failed to kill it.

The mission was marked as half-complete.

The taste of failure soured his mood, made his blood simmer.

And now—

these fools dared to spout nonsense before him?

Elijah's voice cut through the silence like a knife:

"What did you just say, Luke?"

The room's temperature dropped sharply.

A terrifying pressure radiated from Elijah's body.

Luke instinctively flinched, sweat trickling down his back.

But he forced the words out, teeth gritted.