What she didn't know was that her words set off a nuclear reaction inside Zach.
Zach gritted his teeth and asked in between the grating noise of his teeth grinding against each other.
"Then did you let him go because of me?"
"Why else would I do what I did? I know that you are trying to develop your faction in this place. Even though he was an idiot, he looked like he belonged to some powerful family of this city. If you earned the enmity of such a family because of me, your development here would have been affected. Your faction is only in the beginning stage of its inception and is vulnerable to interference from the outside agencies. Powerful families would definitely be able to lay down more hurdles in your path. I don't want you to suffer because of me."