“Where did he go?”
Bennett was still on the floor when he left the basement.
He did not hold back in his attack and hit Bennett’s chest at full force. Bennett was unprepared for the sudden attack and should not have survived the blow.
Yet, he seems to have disappeared into thin air.
Maxine asked puzzledly, “Grandpa, what’s wrong? What are you looking for?”
She noticed the blood on the floor but was unsure what had happened for it to be there.
Tobias wore a solemn expression. He was severely injured and did not have enough energy to clean up the mess, so he intended to bring Maxine to dispose of Bennett’s body quietly.
There were going to be severe consequences if Bennett escaped and survived.
Tobias knew his death was all but certain if Bennett recovered and regained his strength.
He had to leave and make his escape as soon as he could.
Instead of replying to Maxine, he turned around and hastily left the basement.
Tobias frantically walked away and in his rush, reopened more wounds on his body. He stumbled to the floor and spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Grandpa…”
Maxine walked over, quickly helped him up from the ground, and asked concernedly, “Grandpa, are you alright? What happened?”
“Let go of me.”
Tobias shook Maxine’s hands and turned around to leave.
Maxine stood in place perplexedly.
Instead of chasing after him, she turned around and decided to further investigate the underground basement.
She immediately noticed the blood on the floor.
Maxine walked over, squatted down, and stared at the blood. She dipped two of her fingers in the pool of blood and rubbed them together.
“It’s still warm. The owner of this blood was here about five minutes ago. Whose blood is this?” Maxine murmured in deep thought.
This basement was a forbidden area of the Cadens and was the meditation sanctuary of previous family heads.
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