Chapter 114

Bal was undeniably a reprehensible individual, yet the question lingered in my mind: did he ever start to realize that my father had crossed a line? With each passing day, it seemed like my father was losing his grip on reality, which ultimately led him to call for help.

If that were the case, I might have Bal to thank for potentially saving my brother and the girls that Thor had abducted. However, I was equally forced to acknowledge the damage he had inflicted on my life and Xavier's. Oh, the irony!

"Goddess, you've been working hard again, I see," I thought to myself, unable to suppress the almost hysterical laughter that bubbled up within me.

I sensed Xavier pausing in his pacing at the sound of my laughter, along with my father's relentless fidgeting and tapping from a few cell blocks down the long, gray corridor filled with numerous rows of cells stretching out for countless yards.

Earlier, when we had first been brought in, I had noticed that there we