A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5190

“My lady, these two humans trespassed and killed our people. I only meant to teach them a lesson,” he said, head still lowered.

“A lesson?” she echoed, a cold laugh curling from her lips. “Had I not arrived, would you have simply killed them?”

Sweat beaded along the man’s brow; he dared not answer.

She dismissed him and turned to study Jared and Flaxseed, her icy gaze drifting between them before settling on Flaxseed.

“You claim these peaks once belonged to your clan?”

Clutching his chest, Flaxseed gritted out, “They did. The Nine Serpent Mountain have sheltered my family for generations. When did they become demon territory?”

The woman’s brows pinched in thought. After a pause, she shook her head. “Blackshade Demon Palace has ruled this range for centuries. I have never heard of your clan. If this truly is your ancestral ground, where are your people?”

Flaxseed frowned. “Could it be that my clan was wiped out long ago?”

I left for the Sixth Heaven and was reborn more times than I can count; thousands of years have passed. I have no idea what became of them. In this realm, the weak are swallowed without mercy.

She hesitated, then nodded as though the possibility made grim sense. “Perhaps so,” she murmured.

“My lady, the Nine Serpent Mountain have always been unclaimed. They are using a story to provoke us—anyone could stake a claim with such lies,” the man blurted.

“Silence.” The single word cracked like frost. He fell mute at once.

“I am Lunaria, princess of Blackshade Demon Palace. If your words are true, I will have the matter investigated. But before anything else, you broke into demon territory and butchered one of us. You owe me an explanation.”

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