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    “Yvonne was still young back then. As she grew, her face began to look more natural. Even Shauna nearly forgot what she used to look like.”


    Natalie had never known Yvonne carried such a past.


    These days, she had often heard Yvonne talk about her sister with admiration. Natalie had met Phantom as well. That woman hardly spoke, but her hands were quick, her work efficient. Beyond that, Natalie hadn’t paid much attention.


    She had always assumed Yvonne and Phantom were real sisters. Though she once wondered why they had different surnames, she hadn’t asked.


    Seeing her surprise, Baron smiled faintly.


    Natalie thought he looked devastatingly handsome when he smiled, especially with that tear mole at the corner of his eye. It was a charm that could seduce anyone.


    Her heart clenched when she thought of her own state.


    Her body covered in burn scars. Her hair and eyebrows gone. Her face pitted and uneven, with only her features intact.


    Beside Baron, who looked like a being exiled from heaven, she was nothing but a demon dragged from hell.


    <b>But </b>wasn’t that what she was?


    The demon Jensen and Sharon had forced into existence,


    Suddenly, she felt thatpared to Yvonne, her own scars were nothing at all.


    Biting her lip, she whispered, “Baron, can you get me a mirror?”


    He hesitated, worry flickering in his eyes. “Why do you want a mirror?”


    “I want to see what I look like now. And if you can… take a picture. I want to remember this.”


    Her eyes were rimmed with red.


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    He understood–Natalie needed to face herself. Only then could she stand strong again.


    It tore at him, but he supported her choice.


    With conflicted emotions, he pulled out his phone, opened the camera, and handed it to her.


    The moment Natalie saw her reflection, she nearly dropped the phone.


    Calling herself a demon had been kind. Even demons would fear this face.


    And the ones who had reduced her to this were Jensen and Sharon.


    Her fingers clenched around the phone so tightly the skin split, blood welling out. She didn’t


    care.


    She wanted to burn this pain into her memory.


    Baron took a step forward, then stopped himself.


    “Have you decided? Do you want to take your revenge with your own hands? If you do, I’ll stand with you. Your strongest support.”


    His voice wasn’t loud, but every wordnded with weight and power.


    Natalie’s heart trembled.


    She lifted her gaze, meeting his steady eyes, his unwavering support. For the first time, she thought maybe the heavens hadn’t been so cruel to her after all.


    Not everyone got to meet a man like this.


    “Baron, I know how you feel about me. I want to answer you, but right now… I can’t. Not until my hatred is avenged. Please don’t me me.”


    “I won’t. As long as you stay with me and the children, I’ll wait. For as long as it takes.”


    His words drew a fragile smile from her lips.


    “Alright.”


    She felt as if she’d seen sunlight, glimpsed tomorrow.


    Before, she had worried what price the Witch Doctor might demand. But now? She wasn’t afraid of death itself–what else was there to fear?


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    “Baron, I know getting the Witch Doctor to heal me isn’t easy. Whatever his terms, I’ll ept them. This is my debt. You can’t take it on for me.”


    She was firm.


    She had seen the Witch Doctor’s strange, impossible conditions before. She wouldn’t let Baron shoulder them. He had already risked everything to save her from the fire. If he sacrificed more, she would never be able to repay him.


    She expected him to argue. Instead, he smiled and agreed without hesitation.


    “Alright.”


    Relief softened her face.


    She snapped a picture of herself and didn’t even care that it was saved on Baron’s phone.


    Her resilience made his heart ache all the more.


    Just then, a knock sounded. Shauna burst inside.


    “Mr. Gunn–Yvonne’s in trouble!”


    Baron’s face darkened instantly. Even Natalie pushed herself up, panic shing through her.


    She had only just grown close to the girl, only just started to like her–and maybe, just maybe, discovered a deeper connection between them. She hadn’t even asked yet.


    And now trouble hade?


    “What happened?”