Chapter 266

Robert wore a veneer of calm patience, but inside, his mind raced, constantly plotting ways to seize the antidote from the man’s grip. The poisoner, however, was too cunning. Every method Robert had tried failed. He had no choice but to endure. He despised the man, but couldn’t kill him, for only that man held the cure to save his grandmother. Robert hoped that, somewhere deep down, the poisoner might have a shred of conscience, some trace of filial duty, and would relent. But that hope was in vain. The man allowed his grandmother’s condition to worsen, until this very day, when she teetered on the brink of death. Years of patience, of concealing his true power, now felt like a cruel joke. Robert had refrained from striking back, for his grandmother’s health and the antidote to the Thousand Mechanism Poison. But now, his restraint had reached its end. Eleanor observed Robert in silence, noting the chilling intensity that swept across his handsome face, transforming him into something l