Chapter 161

Lilian's lips curled into a wicked smile, her eyes glinting with cruel satisfaction. "Nicole... oh, sweet Nicole," she taunted, her voice laced with a venomous tone. "She's gone, Liam. Gone forever." Lilian reveled in the torment she was causing, relishing the pain she knew her words inflicted. "She'll never return... not in this world or the next," she gasped, a haunting certainty in her tone. "You're left with the wreckage of my deeds... and the knowledge that I've taken everything from you." Fury ignited within Liam, his hands clenched into tight fists. The primal urge to avenge the woman he loved welled up inside him, threatening to consume him completely. He leaned over Lilian, his voice low and dangerous. "You will pay for what you've done," he growled, his eyes burning with a fierce determination. But Lilian's weak laughter filled the air, a haunting sound that pierced Liam's heart. "Oh, Liam, dear brother," she mocked, her voice faltering with each breath. "You can't kill me. I