By handing over sothing so significant to Ethan Sterling, it effectively ans the Shaw Family is completely aligning with the Sterling, and the future of the south essentially belongs to Ethan.
Ethan listened indifferently, with no extra change in expression on his face, the smile at the corner of his lips still mocking, "So?"
He didn’t answer whether he wanted it or not, he countered with a question, leaving the earnest Hector Shaw hanging.
Hector Shaw’s gaze flickered, but thinking of that girl, he still did not give up and continued saying, "My proposal is hoping Mr. Sterling could let Seraphina Redgrave leave and let her return to the south with ."
Instantly, the surrounding fell silent.
Suddenly, Ethan Sterling stood up from the stone chair, grabbed Hector Shaw’s collar, and pressed him against the pillar.
He pulled out the dagger from overhead, placing it horizontally against his carotid artery, his eyes frighteningly bloodshot, with a storm-like air.
"I think you haven’t understood one thing, Seraphina is my woman, on what basis do you have the right to decide whether she stays or leaves?"
Ethan’s voice was suppressing imnse anger, if looks could kill, Hector Shaw might have died hundreds of tis.
Hector Shaw felt the cold sensation on his neck, his body tensed.
Rumors were indeed true, Ethan Sterling was ruthlessly vicious, with things barely negotiated he was ready to see blood, completely unwilling to hear any dissenting voice.
Imdiately after, Hector Shaw felt a slight pain on his neck, the skin beside the carotid artery being lightly slashed, blood gushing out.
Looking at the man before him, furious to the extre, Hector Shaw could no longer maintain his composed expression, with a somber voice he asked, "If Mr. Sterling truly considers Seraphina as your woman, you should not keep her here like a pet."
"You’re courting death."
Ethan’s words were indisputable.
He gritted his molars, his gaze revealing malice, the hand that originally held his collar savagely tightening around his neck.
Hector Shaw felt the oxygen in his chest slowly decreasing, if this man in front of him got any more fierce, he might lose his life in the next second.
No one is unaware of the consequences of offending Ethan Sterling, but he must do this.
"Seraphina is still very young, only because Mr. Sterling you returned ho on a smuggler’s boat, she thinks you have suffered hardships for her, thus she should abandon everything to accompany you."
Hector Shaw leaned against the pillar, his deanor not at all weakened, "But Mr. Sterling, we all understand, this is not favor, but selfishness, right?"
"You understand?"
Ethan Sterling’s smile was sinister, chilling to anyone who saw it, "What the hell do you understand?"
"I understand Mr. Sterling, you don’t truly know Seraphina, you just hope she becos your canary, forever controlled tightly in your palm, that’s a perverse desire for control."
Every word Hector Shaw said was forceful.
"You understand shit!"
Ethan couldn’t help but curse, continuing to exert force.
Hector Shaw clearly felt the skin on his neck being cut, even if he were holding a gun, Hector Shaw would have been dead by now.
"Can I interpret this as Mr. Sterling being enraged out of sha? I guess, you still don’t know what Seraphina actually experienced in the past, right? Nor do you know how she survived those years on Veridian Isle."
Hector Shaw continued.
"..."
Nathan Ayers, listening outside, felt cold sweat wetting his back, unable to imagine how Hector Shaw continued speaking under Ethan Sterling’s murderous gaze.
Hector Shaw seemingly gentle in appearance, he always felt his na didn’t suit him, was this ’resolve’ referring to perseverance?
Being able to say such words in front of Ethan Sterling indeed required perseverance, is he not worried that Young Master Sterling would directly destroy the south?
Now Ethan Sterling no longer wanted to say anything more to Hector Shaw, he raised the dagger high in his hand, prepared to stab it fiercely into his shoulder.
Just before the blade was about to pierce Hector Shaw’s skin, he shouted, "Seraphina never lived peacefully during those two years on Veridian Isle."
The voice was loud, everyone present heard it.
"..."
Ethan Sterling’s movents stiffened, the tip of the blade stopped about a milliter from his shoulder, his facial lines tense, his reddened eyes fixed sternly on him.
Hector Shaw also dared not breathe heavily, finding the knife did not pierce his shoulder, he could only feel grateful for having gambled correctly with that sentence.
So he continued saying, "Seraphina was thrown onto Veridian Isle at 18, where the people were almost all ntally ill or twisted due to handicaps, she was beaten, cursed, even narrowly escaped rape several tis; at first, she didn’t dare sleep or seek food elsewhere, when hungry she ate bark, leaves, in desperation, she ate dirt."
Upon hearing these words, Ethan Sterling stood stunned, his eyes flashing a hint of bloodlust, the veins on his arm bulged from gripping the dagger too tightly.
"..."
Even Nathan Ayers standing outside the pavilion, hearing these words, his complexion changed noticeably.
He had always heard life on Veridian Isle was subhuman, but rumors and accounts from those who experienced it are entirely different, he couldn’t even imagine people would resort to eating such things out of hunger.
And he had previously let such a poor person enter The Directorate and be tornted for three days.
"Later, with help from Zachary Zane and a few others, Seraphina learned how to survive in that place where people eat others without spitting out bones; even in such a barren place, there were struggles. Of course, the struggles there can’t compare to yours, on Veridian Isle, for a bit of food, soone might lose their life."
Hector Shaw leaned against the pillar, entirely unfazed by the blood still flowing from his neck, "Seraphina there fully understood what it ant for human life to be worthless; after experiencing so much, she finally decided to rebuild Veridian Isle, leading everyone further into the Isle to search for new resources, sotis encountering beasts when unlucky, Seraphina even fought against a pack of wolves alone, she also ate poisonous plants, nearly dying; yet even faced with such setbacks, she never thought of giving up."
"Continue speaking." Ethan tightened his fist.
"She always shared the food she found with everyone, saving many who were incapable of self-care, there were tis when soone tried to self-harm, she counseled them daily until they no longer thought of self-harm."
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