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    Lyra looked noticeably more alert.


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    She kept an exceptionally regr schedule, so waking early was never a problem for her.


    Both of them stepped closer. Lyra naturally took La into her arms. “You must be exhausted from the trip. Let me hold her for you.”


    Tess didn’t refuse. Her arms had been growing numb, and the sudden relief made her brow rx at once.


    The three of them sat side by side on therge couch, and Tess quickly returned to Lyra’s earlier question.


    “There were some issues, but they were handled fairly well.”


    She smiled and nodded. Just as she was about to continue, Raven, who had still looked drowsy a moment ago, suddenly straightened up. “Are you talking about what happened at your press conference? That man who snuck into thepany?”


    Tess froze and asked in return, “How do you know about that?”


    Raven pped her thigh and lifted her chin smugly. “How could I not know? Of course I know. Did you forget who I am?”


    She winked at Tess and waved her phone for emphasis.


    Tess immediately understood andughed along with her. “Right. The famous hacker.”


    Raven grinned and leaned closer. “I already told Lyra about it. But I remember you only sent that guy to the police yesterday. You’re back today, so what about the interrogation results?”


    Tess shook her head. “Sending him to the police was more about making an example of him, showing my stance. At the very least, it makes it clear that even though I’m young and new, I’m not someone with an easy temper.”


    “You think the police won’t get much out of him” Lyra frowned, instantly grasping the key point.


    Tess looked over, and their gazes met, as if a current of understanding passed between them.


    “Yes,” Tess said, nodding.


    “I watched the live stream of your press conference. You mentioned ‘Max, didn’t you? You think he was behind it, right?” Lyra continued, following the thread.


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    Tess shook her head. “It’s not a guess. It’s certain Max is careful and calcting. If he sent someone, then everything would have been prepared in advance. The police won’t be able to extract anything.”


    “That doesn’t make sense. When you were about to call the police, didn’t that guy shout that he would tell you everything?” Raven scratched her head, her face creasing in confusion.


    Tess let out a coldugh. “If I’m not mistaken, what he wanted was to tell me face to face, or in private. I can’t be sure he would have been as honest as he imed, and I can’t be sure he wasn’t carrying something else on him.”


    “Besides,pared to trusting a stranger who suddenly changes his tune out of fear, I’d rather trust in Max’s ruthlessness and his habit of leaving no loose ends.”


    “That kind of caution is exactly right. Tess handled that perfectly,” Lyra said in agreement, her expression serious.


    “But then didn’t you just let him make a scene for nothing?” Raven frowned, clearly dissatisfied.


    “Of course not,” Tess replied with a faint smile, her eyes glinting. “After this incident, multiple media outlets will be watching my return home closely. Consider it a warm–up for what’s going to happen in Aetheris.” She paused, then continued, “And besides, just because the police can’t get anything out of him doesn’t mean I can’t.”


    Max might be meticulous, but Kingnd was the Larsons‘ territory. If he had made a move there, it would not be impossible to uncover traces.


    “Then we’ll have to wait for news from that side. Are you nning to… deal with Max as well?” Lyra asked, suddenly lifting her eyes to meet Tess’s directly.


    Tess fell silent for a moment, then slowly looked up. Her long, thickshes trembled, shadowed with a hint of mncholy. “After I was released, I felt deeply dissatisfied with reality.”


    Lyra frowned at the words, unsure what to say. Comfort felt inadequate, and she had already offered it too many times before.


    “At that time, all I wanted was to take care of La. The Embers, Shannon, Max, every person who hurt me, I didn’t even think about taking revenge on them.”


    Tess suddenly sneered. “But they refused to let it go. I didn’t seek revenge, yet they came looking for me.”


    Ever since her release, she had known she was framed. With a little thought, it was clear who benefited most. Nadine and Max. No one else fit


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    But he had been powerless then, nearly crushed by life itself, with no room left to dwell on the past


    What she had not expected was that it went far beyond her own case. Her grandmother. Her grandmother had been driven to death by Nadine’s cruelty. A living, breathing life. She would make them pay for everyst one of them


    She would not spare anyone involved.


    As for Max, Tess said through clenched teeth, her cool eyes shing with icy light. “after I got out, he put on a show of wanting to take care of La and me. Finn was wrong not to believe me, but Max, the one who started all of this, is the one who truly deserves to die.


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