Chapter 16

Celena started sobbing the moment she felt Liam's arms wrap around her. She wailed, "Run, Liam! Please—I'm begging you! I don't want Jovie to live without a father."

All of a sudden, a low voice boomed out from the distance, "You can run but you can't hide! Whoever dares to even lay a finger on my master has to feel my wrath!"

At the same time, a dozen vans screeched to a halt outside the Nightwalker Club, and out stepped a team of burly men wielding daggers and baseball bats. A man emerged from among the crowd, dressed in a tailored suit with a cigar between his lips.

Celena started trembling at the sight of these men who looked about to beat them up. Despite her intense fear, she tried her best to ignore the excruciating pain shooting through her body and shielded Liam behind her back. She got onto her knees and began pleading for mercy, "Mr. Walker, this is all my fault! If you have to punish someone, you should punish me instead! Liam didn't know better—please show him mercy!"

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