Chapter 822: The Hand Stained In Blood

Since we've finished our deal, come downstairs with me and let's end tonight's banquet."

Matty reached out his hand gentlemanly and placed it in front of Taya.

Taya looked at the hand, which had been stained with blood, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

She had wanted to live a peaceful life, free from worries, but in the end, she participated in the game.

Suppressing her anger and disappointment towards M she placed her hand in his blood-stained palm, and play along with him to act out the final scene. After all the guests had left, Matty instructed the girls adopted by the Lawrence pack to take good care of Taya and not to- hold any grudges against her. Apart from the Erebus matter, Matty treated Taya quite well. If he wasn't the founder of Erebus, perhaps, in the long

days to come, Taya would have truly regarded him as her grandfather.

There were a total of four girls adopted by the Lawrence pack.

One of them worked as a brand designer at Stephanie's company and was quite gentle and obedient.

Earlier in the bathroom, Taya overheard the adopted girls discussing her.

When they expressed their dissatisfaction, the gentle girl spoke up and rebuked them. This led to the other three girls becoming upset and attacking the gentle girl, eventually revealing her secret crush on Dylan.

The gentle girl, feeling embarrassed, denied the crush and warned them to be more cautious, lest they be expelled from the Lawrence pack.

After speaking, she grabbed a tissue and pushed past th oother three sisters, leaving the bathroom in a huff, leaving oother three to start berating her.

AAt the height of their scolding, Taya pushed open the inner ddoor of the bathroom and walked out, calmly washing her hands at the sink.

Tihelthree sisters were all stunned to see her, and Taya, expressionless, finished washing her hands and slowly dried thbgmwith the hand dryer.

She didn't say a word, leaving the three sisters terrified and embarrassed, apologizing to her, saying it wasn't intentional, and that they welcomed her back.

Taya said, "I don't care whether you welcome me or not, but I can't accept your apology for treating your younger sister so harshly."

After saying this, she withdrew her hand, turned and walked out, and as she did, she saw Dylan looking at the gentle girl, who was holding a and walking to the car with her mated-wolf.

From Dylan's eyes, she could tell that he loved the gentle girl, Michelle, the fourth adopted daughter of the Lawrence pack.

If Michelle hadn't mated and had a pup, Taya would ha Dylan that Michelle had a crush on him, and they both ha mutual feelings, but Michelle was mated, so she couldn't say anything about it.

After watching Michelle leave, Dylan looked at Taya. "I thought you would break off with him after finding out about the truth, but I didn't expect you to still hold his hand and come downstairs to see off the guests."

Nonchalant, Taya smiled, "Impulsiveness doesn't solve problems; only forbearance can help achieve one's goals." Dylan was about to say something when Matty called out, Dylan, come to the study."

Matty was about to settle accounts with Dylan after everyone else had left.

Taya was worried, saying, "I'll go with you."

Dylan patted her shoulder, "You go back and rest, gather your strength, and then achieve your goal. I'll deal with it."

After giving his instructions, he turned and went upstairs, and as Taya watched his figure ascending the stairs, she suddenly

felt that he was indeed different from others.

The length of his strides was matched by the frequency of his heartbeat, and the terror of his grandfather was not something an ordinary person could endure.

But he was used to it. It was just that this time, the matter at hand was bigger than the usual mistakes he made, yet Dylan didn't regret his actions.

He gathered his courage, pushed open the door to the study, and at that moment, the curtains on the balcony were drawn, and the study instantly got dim.

Matty was sitting on the sofa, holding a whip in his hand.

When he saw Dylan enter, he pointed to the center of the floor and said, "Kneel down."Dylan didn't explain or plead, he directly walked to the middle of the study, turned his back to Matty, took off his coat, and knelt straight down.

Matty, holding a riding crop, got up from the sofa and without even blinking, lashed Dylan's back with over twenty strokes.

The wounds on his back, large and small, burst open, and fresh red blood gushed out, causing excruciating pain, but Dylan didn't make a sound. After the beating, Matty threw the riding crop aside ar coldly stared at Dylan.

"I don't want you to reveal to Taya about the chip in Griffon brain or the injuries he's sustained. Otherwise, next time it won't be just twenty lashes." Enduring the pain, Dylan put on his clothes, turned around, and with a pale face, nodded at Matty.

"You can rest assured, I won't meddle in the next steps."

He had already betrayed his grandfather once, and he couldn't do it again

After dealing with Dylan, Matty got up from the sofa. "Now, let's go to Erebus. You must be back before 6 am tomorrow. You go and make the arrangements." "Yes."

After Dylan agreed, he opened the study door and saw Taya waiting outside.

He quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead before she noticed him.

The study had good soundproofing, and Taya didn't hear what the grandfather and grandson had discussed inside.

Besides, there were two bodyguards outside the study, s couldn't approach.

When she saw Dylan coming out, she hurriedly asked if Matty had given him a hard time.

Dylan smiled and said that his grandfather wouldn't do anything to him, and she shouldn't worry too much.

Taya wanted to ask more, but Dylan interrupted her, saying, "My mother isn't feeling well, I need to go back and check on her."

Seeing his urgency, she nodded, "Then go back quickly. If Matty gives you a hard time, remember to tell me, I'll go and reprimand him." Hearing this, Dylan couldn't help but smile. If twenty lashes could earn him his sister's trust and protection, it was worth it.

After arranging everything, Dylan left with Matty from the backyard.

A group of people dressed in black and wearing masks quickly arrived at Erebus.

In the biochemistry area, numerous transparent glass chambers were arranged in rows on the ground.

Looking down from above, one could see the bodies lying inside each chamber.

These bodies couldn't exactly be called corpses, as they were being used as biological specimens.

Each specimen had the letter "S" carved on its forehead. All the bodies inside were members of S.

Looking from the entrance, one couldn't see the end of the row of glass chambers.

In these chambers, there was a tall man sitting on the floor, one knee bent, his long and elegant hand resting on his knee...

Following those well-defined fingers, he looked up slowly, revealing a face with sharp angles and extraordinary beauty.

However, that face showed no emotion, only a deep, desolate emptiness in his eyes. That despair came from the loss of his she-wolf and from the sight of the biological specimens in front of him...

All these biological specimens were people he knew.

He was forced to watch them slowly succumb to bacterial infections and turn into corpses, unable to do anything.

He had thought about following them, but the deep-seated hatred in his bones always woke him up on countless cold nights, urging him to persevere.

He was like a walking corpse, giving up several times, only to survive the infections... It turned out that surviving was the right choice. At least tonight, he was finally meeting the person he wanted to take revenge on. The electronic sound of the authorization being lifted echoed in the biochemistry area, and the heavy door opened from both sides.

Griffon, leaning against the wall after receiving medical treatment, had changed into clean clothes and cleaned his wounds.

He didn't show any emotions and gazed up at Matty, who was standing high above him. Matty, wearing a full-face mask and protective suit, looked down at Griffon with his hands behind his back, taking slow steps towards him.

"Let's make a deal. I'll give you information about Taya in exchange for a promise from you."