Chapter 126 One Less Threat

• “You want me?” He pulled back, his eyes locked onto mine, and a chill ran down his spine.
• "Yes! I want you, Eden!" I declared with a firm nod, holding Hunter’s hands. My eyes, once soft and seductive, shifted sharply into an unyielding gaze. Without hesitation, I yanked him toward me with a sudden force, causing his body to collapse backward onto the ground.
• In that instant, something seethrough—what seemed like a soul—was ripped from his body, and it was pulled toward me. It twisted in the air, fragile like autumn leaves caught in a gust, crumbling away and dissolving into the wind. The atmosphere shifted, as if the weight of something dark had been lifted. Hunter’s chest rose with a deep, shuddering gasp, as though life had blown back into him.