Aiden Knight's POV
I stepped deeper into the massacre, my boots squelching in pools of blood that had begun to congeal. The metallic stench filled my nostrils, making my stomach churn. Bodies of security guards lay twisted at unnatural angles, their weapons still holstered. They'd been killed before they could even draw.
My cultivation base surged wildly as rage consumed me. The jade pendant burned against my chest like molten metal. The ancient power within the Samsara Graveyard responded to my fury, whispers of dead souls echoing in my mind.
"Amelia!" I shouted, my voice echoing through the blood-soaked halls. "Amelia, where are you?"
Silence answered me. Cold, terrible silence.
I raced through room after room, finding more bodies. Servants, guards, family members. All dead. All butchered with professional efficiency. But nowhere did I find Amelia's body. Nowhere did I find her father.
