CHAPTER 159
She narrowed her eyes, stepping back from the threshold. Instincts prickling like needles beneath her skin. Her breath came out slower now, more controlled. She gripped her dagger tightly.
It shouldn't have been this easy. The CCTVs should have caught some of the activities outside. Reinforcements should be coming out. But there was none.
And she started to feel like she was walking right into a trap. The silence that felt like bait rang in her ears.
Then suddenly, a sharp hiss cut through the silence.
Melisca's eyes flicked down just in time to see thin nozzles extending from the stone tiles around the veranda.
Puff!
Smoke erupted around her, thick and gray, rising fast and swallowing the air in a churning cloud. She didn't run. She remained on the spot. What's the point? She had to be there. Everyone anticipated it. She already knew something like this would happen. And this wasn't ordinary smoke.
