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    Victor was still searching for Diana.


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    Ss and Diana had left coded signs that she was safe, but he wouldn’t believe it until he saw her with his own eyes. Until she was in his hands, he couldn’t be sure those signals meant anything


    at all.


    “Getting bored already?” Victor asked.


    Since they’de to Redwood, Tessa had barely gone out. The only time wasst night, when he took her out for dinner.


    Stuck in the hotel for so long, she had to be restless.


    “Bored? Hardly,” Tessa said. “I’m worried about Mom and Marie.”


    Day after day, her nerves were on edge. <i>Who </i><i>could </i><i>ever </i><i>be </i><i>bored </i><i>under </i><i>that </i><i>kind </i><i>of </i><i>pressure</i><i>? </i>


    Before they could say more, Lewis knocked on the door and stepped inside. “Victor, that Mr. Dale wants to see you.”


    Tessa froze.


    Victor lowered his head to look at her, a slow smile tugging at his lips. “What do you wants with me?”


    “What else? He’s furious,” she said.


    think he


    She had been with Victor the whole time, but together he and Marie had been relentless, tearing into the Ashen Pact with her as the excuse.


    Victor’s attacks were one thing.


    But Marie didn’t know the full story. To her, the Ashen Pact was just an enemy to crush–and she’d been striking harder and harder. It was no wonder Dale was desperate now.


    Victor’s smile deepened. “Go to the other room, hm?”


    He clearly had no intention of letting her see Dale.


    Dale and his so–called first love had lived toofortably all these years. And that woman had never stopped scheming around Diana–her real aim couldn’t be more clear.


    Even with all they had, they still wouldn’t stop until Tessa and her mother were destroyed.


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    Well then…


    It was only fair to make them suffer longer.


    Tessa nodded. “Okay. I’ll go.”


    :.


    Truthfully, she had no desire to see Dale anyway.


    She slipped away.


    Victor gave Lewis a look. “Bring him in.”


    “Yes, Victor.”


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    Lewis went downstairs. Soon, Dale was escorted in–alone, with none of his men allowed past the door.


    Victor sat with a cigarette between his fingers, not bothering to rise.


    “Mr. Victor,” Dale said.


    He was still a man of the Ashen Pact, and his presence carried weight.


    Tessa resembled him.


    Especially her eyes.


    But hers were bright, unclouded by even a hint of calction. Dale’s, by contrast, carried nothing but cunning.


    But now, exhaustion clouded his gaze, proof enough that the past few days had taken their toll.


    Victor didn’t respond.


    He only drew on his cigarette, cold and detached. The attitude struck Dale as arrogance.


    And it was exactly that arrogance that convinced him Victor couldn’t care less about Tessa.


    If Victor truly cared, then as Tessa’s father, Dale would have at least been shown a shred of


    respect.


    But Victor gave him none.


    Dale’s face darkened.


    He sat down hard across from him. “I’ll get straight to the point.”


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    Victor still didn’t answer.


    This kind of dismissal–Dale hadn’t experienced it in years.


    Anger burned behind his eyes, barely restrained.


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    “You, the Dawson family, and the Tom family–you’re using Tessa as an excuse to go after the Ashen Pact, aren’t you?”


    Victor raised <i>a </i>brow. “Oh?”


    “Tell me,” Dale growled. “What did we ever do to offend you? The Ashen Pact has never crossed you–not once!”


    He bit down on each word like it was tearing out of him.


    And it was true. They had always kept to their side, never crossing into Victor’s. So why had the peace broken apart now?


    “What is it in the Ashen Pact that you’re really after?” Dale pressed.


    At this point, it wasn’t just about splitting up the Ashen Pact.


    Every move they made felt calcted; it wasn’t just the resources they were after. It was as if they were searching thosends for something.


    And since they hadn’t found it yet, they kept pressing harder.


    Tessa had just be the perfect excuse.


    Victor let out <i>a </i>lowugh. “Mr. Morris–do you truly not know? Or have you simply chosen to forget?”


    His voice dripped with irony, with a deeper meaning Dale couldn’t quite catch.


    Confused but unshaken, Dale held his gaze, trying to read him.


    Victor’s smile faded, little by little, until his expression went ice cold.


    “What will it take for you to stop?” Dale demanded. “Tell me what it is you want!”


    In his mind, he was certain–they were searching for something in those resource grounds.


    Victor’s answer came with a quiet exhale of smoke. “What we want… is the girl”


    Dale went rigid.


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    The air between them froze.


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    Blood rushed hot to his chest, leaving his face ashen as his stare grew darker and sharper on


    Victor.


    With a sharp crack, he threw the photo Trevor had given him onto the table in front of Victor.


    “Mr. Victor,” Dale said coldly. “Take a look at this.”


    Victor arched a brow.


    He nced toward Lewis. Lewis understood immediately, stepping forward to pick up the photo and hand it over.


    Victor took it and gave it a once–over.


    It was fromst night—him and Tessa, out to dinner.


    His lips curved into a mocking smile. “And what exactly is Mr. Morris trying to say?”


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