The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 951

Tara can barely believe her ears. How can these words come from the mouth of a man she once respected more than anyone else? Has he always thought this way? To Victor, it seems any sacrifice—no matter how horrific—is justified as long as it feeds his endless craving for wealth and prestige. How does he even have the nerve to say something so twisted out loud? The sheer audacity is staggering.

"Enough of this nonsense," Victor snaps, his patience wearing thin. "Hand over the serum." He figures he has already shown Tara enough grace by explaining himself. In his mind, keeping her alive long enough to chat is a testament to their past relationship. If it were anyone else, he would have put a bullet in their head the second they walked through the door.

"Why do you even need it?" Tara asks, refusing to back down. She needs to keep him talking. "Isn't your underground lab successful enough? You used naive victims like Jovani as lab rats. Sure, she changed after you pumped her full of recombinant genes, but the side effects are destroying her. She's practically knocking on death's door. Your so-called success has an incredibly short shelf life. Your experiments are failing, so why keep hurting innocent people?"

Tara has no intention of handing over the serum. She wants to keep him engaged, pulling as much information from him as possible. Victor, with his razor-sharp instincts, easily sees through her stalling tactics. In the past, his paranoid nature would have kept his mouth firmly shut. But today, he looks at the brilliant young woman he watched grow up and knows she is about to die by his hand. Feeling a twisted sense of finality, he decides to humor her.

"Naive? Oh, Tara, you are far too innocent," Victor chuckles, his voice dripping with condescension. "People like Jovani are nothing but low-level expendables in my grand design. Her only value was letting me test the absolute limits of the side effects. You think I care about a short shelf life? I don't need a perfect final product right now. I need data. They are just stepping stones on my path to ultimate perfection."

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