“Hahahahaha!”Lauren’s laughter echoed across the dimly lit room, loud and sharp, the kind of laughter that made the men standing around shift uneasily where they stood. It wasn’t the laughter of someone who had lost her mind completely, but something far worse — the laughter of someone who had nothing left to fear.Her head tilted slightly as she stared at Henry, her eyes glimmering with a strange, unsettling calm despite the red mark blooming across her cheek.“I’m cruel?” she asked between bursts of laughter, her voice hoarse but still dripping with mockery. “Henry, you’re the one who watched it all happen, remember?”Another wave of laughter burst out of her, louder this time, her shoulders shaking against the ropes that held her tightly to the chair.The men around the room glanced at one another briefly. Even Martins, who had been standing rigidly near the door with his usual professional composure, frowned faintly. Something about the woman’s laughter felt wrong — too fearless
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