After her initial surge of anger, Nancy quickly recovered her composure.
Maeve was quite skilled at using provocation to make her lose control.
"You can run your mouth all you want, Maeve, but it doesn't change the facts."
"Don't forget whose heart is beating in my chest right now."
"His name was Charlie, right? I heard he also went by the alias K."
"Single-handedly causing absolute turmoil in the medical world, he was considered quite a legend back in the day."
"It's a pity. Not only did this legend die, but he also had to watch himself be dismembered."
"Do you want to know the entire process?"
"My favorite part is always watching the victim's fingernails get pulled out one by one."
"Just like that stupid friend of yours, every pulled nail resulted in a scream. The sound was simply beautiful."
"I wanted to hear Charlie make those same sounds, but he was incredibly uncooperative."
"It was clearly agonizing, yet he clenched his jaw and endured it."
"Since pulling his nails didn't give me the thrill I wanted, I decided to switch things up."
"So, I slashed his wrists and Achilles tendons, turning him into a crawling piece of garbage..."
While Nancy was giving her passionate speech over the phone, Maeve had already sped to their meeting location.
Nancy had chosen The Deserted Scrapyard on the outskirts of Aethelburg.
The winter wind in Aethelburg was bone-chilling.
Dressed in glamorous clothes, Nancy stood at a high vantage point, looking down at Maeve.
Because of the vast distance between them, Maeve couldn't reach her immediately after getting out of the car.
Nancy didn't hang up the phone.
She stared down at Maeve with an air of absolute superiority.
Even from a distance, Maeve could see the arrogant smirk plastered on her face.
Hearing this, an agonizing wave of despair crashed over Maeve.
So Charlie had had a chance to survive.
He had died such a brutal death just to retrieve The Ebony Bracelet she had given him.
Idiot! What an absolute idiot!
Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, swept away by the freezing wind.
Only one thought consumed her mind: no matter the cost, she would inflict every ounce of pain Charlie had suffered back onto his murderer ten times over.
By now, the distance between her and Nancy was less than sixty feet.
Three more seconds, and she could snap that bitch's neck.
Suddenly, dozens of men dressed in black surged from the shadows around Nancy, every single one armed.
Four imposing men stepped forward, forming an impenetrable wall in front of Nancy, dropping into combat stances.
Seeing Maeve completely surrounded, Nancy's laughter grew maniacal.

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