True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 218

The officer grumbled under his breath, but his grip was firm as he pinned the suspect to the ground. Along with backup that arrived promptly, they worked through the night to transport the writhing man to the hospital.

Unbeknownst to them, at the exact same time across the city, in an upscale neighborhood, a seventeen–year–old boy was undergoing the same horrific ordeal as Lyndon.

It felt like his soul was being flayed alive. The pain was so intense it seemed like death would be a mercy, yet his mind was agonizingly lucid.

His body bore no visible wounds, but any touch from his family sent him into fits of pain as if he were being torn apart.

Unlike Lyndon, who tore at his own flesh in agony, this boy turned on his family, clawing at their skin with such force that their faces and bodies became a blur of blood and tissue,

The family stood frozen in shock, convinced the boy had finally snapped from his cruel habit of tormenting

cats.

Only the cat abusers themselves knew the truth.

They were being avenged. The spirits of the cats and dogs they had tortured had returned for retribution.

The vengeance of the Ghost Cats persisted until the break of dawn.

Winnie, who hadn’t slept a wink, watched as the last wisp of malice dissipated with the early morning light. She let out a faint sigh of relief before finally closing her eyes to sleep.

The next day, the internet was still abuzz with the events of the previous day, but no one knew the perpetrators had received a life–altering punishment.

At the center of the city, within the walls of a stately manor, an elderly man with salt–and–pe

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glared at the online discussions. Finally, he clicked on a compilation of Winnie’s moments circuing online.

Watching the girl who was barely eighteen, yet had masked her own destiny, a cold gleam sparked in his murky eyes.

“Turns out it’s you,” he rasped, his voice rough like the bellows of an accordion, “interfering so many times, destroying my vengeful creations.”

a young girl, flaunting her little skills so boldly.

bound to stumble.”

had an eerie

the fleeting palpitation, her bedroom door was knocked upon by the family’s housekeeper.

have come to visit, and your father

ten in the morning, Winnie quickly got ready

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for

from the Bryant community had come the day before to

them were the Goodwins, one of the four prominent families of Emerald Bay, though their relationship with the Bryants

Goodwins were always competing with the Bryants in business and social standing, a known fact within their circle. Despite the tension, neither family had reached

airport attack belonged to the Goodwins, who had scoffed at superstitions like

incident, albeit feeling humiliated, they were

reason, they had returned today.

Winnie reached the living room, she found Horace already in conversation with Jarrod Goodwin, the young patriarch of the Goodwin family. Though peers by generation, Jarrod was several years

senior.

in the attack was

thirty–four, Jarrod looked remarkably youthful. His presence exuded sophistication, but

nightmares last night, and it seems she’s been touched by some residual malevolence

Nor had she expected any of them

the dissipating malice of the previous night, Winnie wasn’t worried.

a Safety Charm, she instructed, “Keep this on her and take her out to soak

the next couple of

he accepted the folded charm. His family had never believed in such things, even with rumors of Winnie’s mystical talents. But after yesterday, disbelief was a luxury he

straight to Winnie. Preferring her assistance over dubious alternatives, he came to seek her help. Hearing that it wasn’t

“Thank you.”

“That’ll be two thousand for the Safety

eyebrow as if to say,

help but snicker at

whipped out his phone and said awkwardly, “I’ll transfer