"Isn't it such a lucky coincidence that CCTV cameras are always around anywhere I'm in danger?" Ephyra chuckled darkly, her eyes gleaming with malice. "Perhaps the universe has a strange way of looking after the weak and wronged. Or perhaps…" She let the sentence hang in the air, her smile adding to the crowd's unease.
On the screen, the footage continued, showing Ephyra moving with a precision and ruthlessness that left no doubt she was far from the weak girl her stepfamily had disregarded. One by one, Rico's men fell, their jeers replaced with cries of pain as Ephyra dispatched them with ease.
The audience stared in stunned silence, the footage playing out like a scene from an action movie. When it ended, the screen turned black.
