Chapter 135 An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth
Andrew had received a call from Maddox over ten minutes ago, telling him to take Xanthe to a safe place immediately.
The so-called safe place was a hidden room behind a secret mechanism in the study.
It wouldn't be easily discovered.
After learning from Maddox that all the guards at the entrance had been taken out, Andrew immediately rushed to bring Xanthe to the secret room.
Xanthe was irritated. "Bro, what's going on? Why did you bring me here? Aren't there guards at the entrance?"
"Xanthe, the situation outside isn't as simple as you think." Andrew sighed. "I warned Grandpa not to mess with that girl, but he wouldn't listen. Now we can barely protect ourselves."
"She's just an ordinary high school student." Xanthe pouted and muttered, "How can we barely protect ourselves?"
Xanthe glanced at the weak girl curled up in the corner, walked over, and kicked her shin.
"I'm really curious. We only want your two kidneys, so why are there so many obstacles? How does someone like you know people from The Obsidian Circle? What's your relationship with that captain?"
The kick landed on her broken bone. Aurora gasped in pain, her body trembling slightly.
Her pant leg was already stained red with blood. She could only curl up, crying while looking at Xanthe with terrified eyes.
She had no idea what she had done wrong.
She was brought to this place out of nowhere, slapped, had her leg broken, and they threatened to take her kidneys...
And what was The Obsidian Circle? What was happening outside? She couldn't understand a word.
The surgery was supposed to be arranged for today, but because of the unclear situation outside, it was canceled. Xanthe took her anger out on Aurora.
"It's all because of you, you ungrateful bitch!" Xanthe grabbed Aurora's hair and raised her arm to give her a hard slap.
A bright red handprint immediately appeared on Aurora's face.
She covered her face and sobbed.
Xanthe was about to slap her again when suddenly, there was a loud bang.
Xanthe jumped in fright.
She quickly looked up, but before she could see what happened, she was kicked to the ground by an incoming foot, falling flat at Andrew's feet.
Andrew was startled and looked toward the entrance.
The door had been broken open.
Isabella stood at the doorway, the cold white light hitting her face, flickering on and off.
Isabella scanned the situation inside the room and finally saw Aurora. She quickly ran toward her.
"Aurora? How are you? Are you okay?"
Aurora looked at Isabella who suddenly appeared, full of disbelief.
She froze for a moment, then burst into tears. "Isabella, why is it you? How did you get here?"
Isabella helped her up from the ground. "No time to explain. We need to leave right now. The guards at the entrance have been taken care of, but the Anderson Family will definitely send reinforcements!"
Only after speaking did Isabella realize that Aurora was very weak with her support, her forehead covered in cold sweat.
Isabella's gaze fell on Aurora's leg, and her expression changed immediately.
"Who did this?"
Aurora gritted her teeth. "I'm fine, Isabella. Didn't you say it's dangerous here? Let's leave quickly."
She didn't want to be a burden. She gritted her teeth and moved a step, tears coming out from the pain.
Isabella let go of her hand, stood still, her eyes still on the leg. The glaring red, the pants stained with blood—it was hard to imagine what the wound under that fabric looked like.
"Your leg is broken and you're telling me you're fine? Who did this?"
Isabella felt both heartbroken and furious, feeling a rage burning in her chest.
From the moment she discovered Aurora was missing, she had rushed here as fast as possible.
She had done her best.
But why did it still turn out like this?
In her previous life, because of her selfishness and weakness, even though she knew the truth, she did nothing and lived in struggle and guilt for a long time.
Now she had done everything she could to change the fate of everyone around her, but she still couldn't protect them. Once again, she could only watch helplessly as they got hurt.
This feeling.
Was really unbearable.
Isabella clenched her fists, her eyes reddening. She looked terrifyingly gloomy, unable to contain the murderous aura emanating from her.
Austin seemed to see Isabella's rage materialize into something tangible.
He unconsciously tightened his grip on the hammer and took a step back.
The other team members also nervously swallowed.
What was with this sudden murderous aura?
"So you're the one who ruined my plans?"
Xanthe got up from the ground and glared viciously at Isabella. "You're asking about her leg?"
Xanthe laughed disdainfully. "I broke it. So what?"
"I really don't get it. I just want her two kidneys, is that so hard? If it weren't for you, I would have had the surgery by now. What's your relationship with her? Why do you like to meddle so much..."
Andrew angrily stopped her. "Xanthe, stop talking."
"What? Bro, are you scared?" Xanthe had been displeased for a while.
She didn't understand. She was from the Anderson Family, the only princess of the Anderson Family.
She could get whatever she wanted, but this time, even Andrew was wary of these people. What was The Obsidian Circle compared to her Anderson Family?
Xanthe walked up to Isabella step by step, looked into Isabella's eyes, and said:
"You bitch, you should know the Anderson Family's status in Emerald City, right? Try touching me! You took her away once, I can catch her back a second time. Whatever the Anderson Family wants, no one has ever dared to stop us. Sooner or later, I'll take her kidneys—"
Xanthe's voice suddenly turned into a shrill, terrifying scream.
Isabella grabbed her by the throat and slammed her onto the table, her voice ice-cold.
"According to what you're saying, if I don't beat you to death today, you won't let this go?"
"I admit, your Anderson Family is very powerful. If you want, killing someone is nothing, taking a kidney is no big deal, right?"
"But you should know the principle of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
Isabella grabbed the hammer from Austin's hand and without hesitation smashed Xanthe's shin bone.
Xanthe's screams mixed with crying echoed throughout the entire room.