Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 1195

The others around them sneered and snickered. "Kid, you're all skin and bones. Do yourself a favor and get lost."

Another chimed in, "Mr. Hopkins doesn't even take the entire Rhodes family seriously. What makes you think you stand a chance, you low-level nobody?"

"Heh, did you all hear it earlier? Tiana said they are his in-laws. Damn, this kid hit the jackpot. Tiana and her daughter? Both absolute knockouts."

One remarked, "No kidding. That lucky punk, I envy him like hell. If it were me, I'd be laughing in my sleep. Bagging a mother-daughter pair? That's the dream, man… pure heaven."

A few filthy-mouthed degenerates let loose with their vulgar fantasies, and the air instantly grew more volatile. The tension between both sides was now on the brink of exploding.

Tiana let out a cold, mocking laugh. "Looks like Mr. Hopkins isn't the only one talking shit tonight. Some of you have even more sewage coming out of your mouths."

She turned to Andrew, her smile sharp as ice. "Come on, dearest son-in-law, I don't want to see anyone who just spewed filth still standing. You know what to do."

Andrew's face turned cold, and without a word, he stepped forward and started slapping people left and right. He did not bother sorting who said what—if they had been vulgar, they were getting hit.

Anyone who had made nasty comments a moment ago was knocked straight to the ground. Andrew had already been fed up with Tiana's earlier antics, but these dirtbags had crossed a line in front of Jameson, and that was something he could not let slide.

Archie froze for a second before letting out an enraged, barking laugh, "You little bastard, you really got guts, huh? Tiana tells you to hit people, and you just start swinging? You must have no idea just how close you are to dying right now!"

Andrew shot him a look. "You talk too damn much, you trash."

Before Archie could even react, Andrew lifted his leg and kicked him square in the chest. Archie went flying, crashing into another giant vase near The Palace entrance, and smashing it to pieces.

"Kill him! Now! All of you, get him!" Archie's voice cracked with fury as he screamed, completely out of his mind.

He could not even focus on the pain in his chest anymore. He was too blinded by rage.