Stella knew exactly what Felix thought of her.
He only respected the ruthlessness she had shown when taking down the Wright family.
But that kind of ruthlessness meant nothing in Eirden or Seaborne.
Here, almost anyone could crush her without effort.
Anyone could take her life.
“Stop acting recklessly,” Felix warned.
“You seem to have forgotten something,” Stella said. “I have money.”
Felix went silent.
“What can’t money buy in this world? There must be plenty of people who want Litt dead.”
“What are you saying?”
“There are countless organizations willing to work for the right price. Hiring a few of them was more than enough to make tonight interesting.”
Felix’s heart leaped into his throat.
“You hired those people? Stella, you…”
He could not even find the words to describe her anymore.
He had never imagined she would dare go this far.
After coming to Seaborne, she had truly started thinking like everyone else trapped in this brutal world.
She never would have considered something like this before.
“What about me?” Stella asked.
“This isn’t like you.”
“Isn’t this exactly what you wanted me to become?” she replied. “You and Aaron both.”
The moment she returned to Eirden, Aaron had assigned Leah to her.
He had even forced her to train and learn how their world operated.
She had resisted, but they had continued dragging her into the darkness one step at a time.
And now that she had finally learned to think like them, Felix was saying this was not her style?
“Do you miss the foolish woman I used to be?”
She had never wanted to become this kind of person.
They had insisted on changing her.
Now that they had succeeded, Felix was unhappy again.
There really was no pleasing them.
“Litt cannot die right now,” Felix said. “If he does, the Hogarth family will suffer enormous losses.”
“I know you’re angry about Litt,” Felix said. “But neither Aaron nor I ever intended to hand you over to him.”
“That only means Litt hasn’t offered enough yet.”
Felix went silent.
“Men like you…” Stella gave a cold laugh.
They claimed they had never considered it.
But they had considered it from the very beginning.
They simply refused to admit it now.
“Litt cannot die,” Felix said through clenched teeth. “Call off the people you hired.”
Nothing could happen to Litt yet.
If Amos had acted alone, Felix would not have been concerned.
Litt could easily have destroyed him.
That fool had been trying to take on an opponent far beyond his strength.
But now Stella had involved herself and hired additional forces.
And worst of all, Felix had no idea how many people she had brought into the operation.

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