The Real Daughter Came Back to Chill and Kill

That night, Scarlett tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Edmund's words echoed relentlessly in her mind.

Early the next morning, she was haunted by a nightmare. In her dream, pirates swarmed the island like wild beasts, gunfire crackling amid the clash of swords. Blood splattered across the sand, turning the sea a deep crimson.

The entire dreamscape was drenched in red, and the thick scent of blood was hanging heavily in the air.

In the midst of the chaos, a small boy cowered inside a gift box, peeking through a narrow crack as he watched his loved ones brutally slaughtered one by one.

He pressed his hands tightly over his mouth, terrified of making a sound. His eyes were filled with helplessness, fear, and tears.

Scarlett jolted awake, her heart pounding violently. It was just a dream, yet it had left her shaken to the core. She couldn't begin to imagine how Xavier, only five years old at the time, had survived those dark years after witnessing such a horrifying bloodbath.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated on the bedside table. Scarlett reached for it. It was a call from Caleb.

"Scarlett, get to the hospital, quick!"

Caleb's voice was tight with tension and urgency.

Scarlett shot upright in bed, and the frantic shouts of medical staff still echoed through the phone.

"Quick! Stop, Mr. Stroud!"

"Mr. Gaztrict, Mr. Stroud has gone mad! He's gone mad!"

"Help!"

There was no time to even change out of her pajamas. Scarlett grabbed her purse and bolted out the door.

At the same time, Edmund had also gotten the news and was speeding out of the garage in a car.

"Ms. Quinn, get in the car, quick!"

As Scarlett jumped into the car, her heart raced in her chest. Now, she deeply regretted leaving the hospital the night before.

She had thought Xavier's mental state was fragile, that he had regressed into a childlike dependence, desperately craving security. She believed that he would eventually heal as long as someone stayed by his side and comforted him.

But she hadn't realized the extent of the trauma he had suffered as a child. This wasn't something that could be soothed with a few kind words.

Her expression grew serious, and a heavy weight settled in her chest. She couldn't help but wonder if Xavier would think she had lied to him when he woke up and found her gone.

As she arrived at the hospital, distant screams of terror reached her ears.

"Mr. Stroud, please! Let go! Let go!"

"Mr. Gaztrict! Mr. Gaztrict!"

Scarlett rushed forward, her heart pounding. She saw Xavier gripping Caleb's neck, his eyes bloodshot and his expression twisted with rage.

A suffocating killing intent radiated off him, teetering on the edge of madness.noveldrama

His voice, hoarse and ragged, seemed to scrape out from between clenched teeth.

"Give her back to me! Give her back!"

"You killed her! I'll make you pay with your lives!"

Caleb's eyes had

already started to

roll back. His face flushed a deep crimson. . His hands were weakly

hammering against Xavier's armnet

But Xavier was beyond reasoning, completely unmoved by Caleb's desperate attempts.

Two needles were still stuck in his broad back. One was filled with a sedative, the

other with an anesthetic, but neither seemed to have any effect on him now.

Scarlett had long noticed his unusual constitution. Caleb had mentioned before that his body had developed a strong resistance to drugs.

After hearing Edmund's explanation last night, she suspected that Xavier's condition had been forcibly altered during his years at the training camp. She had seen this kind of body before with Alton.

For someone like him, medication would only become less and less effective over time. Scarlett pulled out a silver needle, stepped up behind him, and swiftly inserted it into a pressure point on his head.

Xavier's spine stiffened abruptly.

Though he was on the verge of collapsing, he slowly turned his head to look at Scarlett as if trying to commit the face of the person who had hurt him to memory.

It was a testament to his incredible willpower.

Only when he saw that it was Scarlett did he finally close his bloodshot eyes and fall heavily toward her.

Scarlett nearly lost her balance trying to catch him.