"That woman is only Level 10. She must be someone with little ability or standing in the Arona Family."
Huang Ji stood up. "You said she's twisted. How twisted?"
Adams curled his lip. "Her moods change without warning. One moment she's gentle, the next she's cruel and violent. She's completely unhinged."
"She'll go to any lengths to pursue a man and make him fall in love with her. Money, beauty, schemes—whatever it takes, she'll make sure he falls hard."
"After a passionate, unforgettable romance, Veronica will suddenly turn on him one day. She'll torture him, hurt his family and friends, ruin his career..."
"She'll go from the person he loves most to his cruelest enemy."
"In the end, those men either break down and get sent to a psychiatric hospital, or fight back and die at her hands."
Old Wang and the others shuddered. The woman was deranged—and vicious.
Even sentinels like Seth and Hawk frowned. Their feelings were straightforward. Even as Burning People, they found it hard to stomach someone who took pleasure in using love to torment others.
"How do you know so much about her?" someone asked.
"Before I became a black-market dealer, I was an assassin," Adams said. "A man offered three million dollars for her life. He was one of her victims. I took the job and learned all this."
"And then you found out she belonged to one of the Illuminati's Sword-Keeping Families and didn't dare make a move?" Old Wang asked.
Adams shook his head. "No. Back then, I didn't know anything about the Sword-Keeping Families."
"I didn't make a move because that woman took the client's last three million dollars. He was also accused of rape, and later died of massive blood loss in prison..."
"With the client gone, I'd never get