Macey shared her thoughts, "I find Ms. Harper to be quite nice, very different from Ms. Windham. It's my first time seeing a woman as carefree as her, much better than Ms. Samford, who kept bossing us around the moment she arrived at the villa."

Nancy sighed in agreement, "That's true. Let's be patient and see how things unfold. Since Mr. Turner hasn't returned our calls, let's not alert him."

Macey nodded in agreement.

The treatment they discussed involved an injection administered every three months, designed to dissolve the clot. This duration could feel simultaneously lengthy and brief, depending on the perspective.

The silence that typically enveloped Ventropolis Prison was occasionally pierced by nocturnal howls. Within the confines of a fenced combat arena, Fred, bearing wounds, stepped down from the platform, accepting a towel from his deputy warden. His attention then shifted to a man on the platform, now motionless and bloody.

This grim policy of the prison offered victo