Ace walks slowly, his body trembling with fury as his glowing chest pulses brighter with every heartbeat.
He doesn't look back at Xiao Jun, doesn't dare let his grief consume him yet_ not while she's still standing there.
Lila.
She trembles under his burning gaze, taking a cautious step back.
For the first time, the smug confidence in her expression is gone, replaced by a fear she tries to mask.
"You wanted these powers so much, didn't you?" Ace's voice cuts through the air like a blade, low and dangerous.
He keeps walking toward her, each step slow and deliberate, like a predator cornering its prey. "You've schemed, manipulated, and killed for them. So come on," he snarls, his eyes blazing with golden fire. "Take them."
Lila's lips part, and for a moment, she's speechless.
The glow emanating from Ace's chest grows brighter, illuminating the clearing and casting flickering shadows across her face.
