Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren)

White Viper could not help but think Andrew was a total coward.

Andrew scratched his head, asking, "So, who's your boss? Don't tell me it's that so-called Grand Viper?"

White Viper's name twisted in fury, growling, "Shut your mouth! Do you think a little insect like you is even worthy of speaking his name? Now hand over the rest of the treasure map like a good boy, and let me slit your artery open."

She laughed maniacally, adding, "Don't worry, I'll make sure you get to watch every last drop of your blood drain out before you croak."

Andrew shook his head. "Let me guess... You've killed so many people, you've started enjoying it, haven't you?"

White Viper froze for a second, then sneered. "You're not wrong. But too bad- you've been marked. Not just by Grand Viper, but by people who run the damn world. So, here's the deal, kid.

"You either die now, and I take the map from your corpse, or you hand it over and I give you a cleaner death. Two options-pick one."

Andrew gave a cold little laugh. "Nah... I think I'll go with a third option."

White Viper narrowed her eyes. "A third option? What the hell do you mean?"

His smile turned icy. "You'll understand when you and those poor bastards from earlier are lining up at the gates of hell."

Her face darkened. "So you really want to fight me?"

Andrew's tone dropped. "I'm not fighting you. I'm sending you off."

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, and in a blur, the Ghostwillow blade White Viper hurled toward him was destroyed in midair, sliced clean in half.

Andrew broke the steel blade with his bare hands, completely unfazed by its sharpness.

It was inhuman.

White Viper gasped, her breath hitching in disbelief. Just that one move had her terrified to her core.

She stuttered, "Y-You were never scared, were you? You were baiting me into a fight just so you could finish us both off and walk away with everything!"

Before she could finish her thought, she threw three more Ghostwillow blades at Andrew and immediately spun around to flee, bolting with everything she had. As a killer and a seasoned sadist, she had always trusted her gut, and her instincts were screaming at her now.

The man she had just challenged was not a regular target he was death itself.

White Viper was terrified to the core.

"Do you really think you can outrun me?" Andrew's cold and merciless voice suddenly rang in her ear.

She turned her head in disbelief, only to see him right there, running beside her, keeping pace like a damn phantom.

'He's so fast-'

Just as the thought appeared in White Viper's head, one of her own Ghostwillow blades pierced straight through her throat. The force sent her flying like a ragdoll, tumbling a dozen feet across the ground before coming to a dead stop.

White Viper was gone in an instant with her eyes wide open, and it was her own weapon that ended her.

'He's using my own tactics against me?' That was all she could think as her vision faded.noveldrama

"How pathetic. She's so weak," Andrew muttered as the sun dipped low, casting a golden hue across the street.

He spun the Ferrari around and sped back toward the city. His three little darlings were waiting for him to come home for dinner, and

Francesca, the naughty little tease, had casually mentioned they were almost out of condoms.

She had even asked if he could pick up another box on the way home.

Andrew was annoyed as he had just bought a pack last week, and now they were already out. That was just way too fast.