C16 Chapter Sixteen: She Stays Right Here

The room reeked of blood and despair.

The man's cries echoed against the cold, marble walls, but they didn’t move Lena. Not even a twitch of sympathy crept into her eyes. If anything, his pleading only seemed to feed her wrath.

“P-please... Boss, I swear it won’t happen again,” the man stammered, voice cracking under the weight of agony. Tears streamed down his face as he knelt