Venom of the Past: Rebirth of a Vengeful Heart
Elena St. James, a deadly assassin and spy, was betrayed by her organization. She tried to fight back against them, but they had weakened her. Exhausted, she blows up the organization’s building in a burning inferno. … She is then transmigrated in the body of a weak and useless eighteen year old girl who is hated by her father, stepmother, and golden child stepsister. Her real mother died, she suspected by her father and stepmother, but had no proof. As Elena goes through the trials of a new life, she wants to find her body and take back the organization that betrayed her. With the former host’s family being nothing more then thorns at her side, Elena will get revenge for the former host along with the love of a man whom she met by chance at the hospital.
Chapter 13: Ashes of the Past
The night air was heavy with the smell of charred debris and ash. The remains of the once-mighty organization sprawled out in a ruinous heap, its former grandeur reduced to smoldering rubble. The moon cast a pale, ghostly glow over the scene, illuminating the jagged skeleton of the building that had once been impenetrable, a fortress for the elite operatives who operated in the shadows.
A group of assassins picked their way through the wreckage, their movements silent but purposeful. Clad in dark gear, their faces obscured by masks, they sifted through the debris with grim determination. They had been searching for weeks—since the night of the explosion—yet there was still no sign of the body they sought.
"Anything?" one of the assassins asked, his voice low and tense.
"Nothing," replied another, shaking his head. "Not a trace of her."