Her True Worth

The atmosphere in Hellbringer Tower was charged with tension, and the air got thicker by the second.

Rebecca, despite the unsettling intensity of Asher's gaze, refused to be intimidated. 

She puffed up her chest and placed her hands defiantly on her hips, "Hmph, that's good. I pity others. Not the other way around," she retorted, her voice laced with a defiant edge.

Asher, his expression unreadable and his fists clenched behind his back, took slow, deliberate steps toward her. 

Each footfall echoed ominously through the hall, "I am only going to ask this once... Why did you kill Rowena's mother and everyone who took part in that quest?"

Rebecca's facade momentarily cracked, her eyes widening. But the next second she burst into cold laughter, her voice echoing off the stone walls, "Hahahaha…Are you listening to yourself?"