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With Reik’s arrival, the situation changed in an instant.
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The System and the phantom text had described Reik’s terror to me countless times. But this was the first time I had witnessed his cold, autocratic power firsthand.
He didn’t listen to a single word of the woman’s explanation. He just gave a faint, dismissive wave of his hand, and his bodyguards appeared. They dragged the woman off the floor. No one dared to say a word. No one
dared to look up at us again.
The Reik before me was dangerous and utterly unpredictable.
I watched, frozen, as the woman disappeared from the floor. I slowly looked That smile was directed at me.
His cool thumb gently caressed my wrist. He leaned down and said, “I just help
He asked, his voice slow and deliberate, “How are you going to thank me?”
you out of a jam.”
