Chapter 22

• VENTRESS
• An unexpected intrusion disrupted our tense confrontation. A stranger materialized between Stark and me, his sudden appearance shattering the fragile silence like a thunderclap.
• He seemed to emerge from the very shadows, a figure cloaked in mystery and like a phantom materializing from the darkness. "Damn you two!! Couldn't you have waited for a fucking moment?" his voice echoed with frustration and laced with a hint of sarcasm.