Chapter 66: Mid-Autumn's brutal chill

Boom, boom, boom. Lightning poured down like rain. Inside the manor, devastation spread in a blink. The place turned into a no-man's-land no one dared set foot in. In the thunder and rain, Gabriel Looske lost all composure. Running never crossed his mind. He sprinted straight back to the villa, heedless of anything else. "Xelena! Xelena!" His desperate shout rolled through the manor like a ghost wailing in the night. Gabriel bounded up to the second floor and kicked the bedroom door open. He...