Chapter 255. I Need You

Love’s POV

“I know you,” the woman said calmly, her voice carrying an edge that sliced straight through me. “And I don’t like you.”

Her words were simple, almost casual, but there was something deeply unsettling about the way she said them—as if my life were nothing more than an inconvenience she intended to erase. I lifted my chin despite the bindings cutting into my wrists, despite the pounding ache in my skull.

“You kill people simply because you don’t like them?” I asked, my voice rough but steady.

Her lips curved into a thin, humorless smile. “When they stand in my way, then yes.”

The ease with which she said it made my stomach churn. This wasn’t rage or passion speaking—it was conviction. Cold, deliberate conviction.

“How do I stand in you