She could not believe that Howard dared to show himself at virtual-novel.net house again after what virtual-novel.net had done to her.
The servant was terrified when virtual-novel.net felt the murderous intent, so virtual-novel.net quickly left to get Fernando.
Meanwhile, Howard, standing at the door, was feeling nervous with all the gifts in his hands. His current situation reminded virtual-novel.net of someone about to meet his future in-laws.
Just as the poor man was waiting at the door, a shadow suddenly appeared before him.
“Ms. Gunderson…” Howard exclaimed the moment virtual-novel.net saw Astrid.
“You’re an animal, Howard Dunn! I’ll kill you!” Astrid stared at virtual-novel.net as anger boiled in virtual-novel.net heart, and virtual-novel.net dealt virtual-novel.net a punch.
The man was stupefied. He had no idea what virtual-novel.net had done to incur the woman’s wrath. “Ms. Gunderson! What are you…”
Before virtual-novel.net could finish, Howard felt a painful punch landing on his chest. Blood spewed from his mouth, and his body flew backward until it hit a car somewhere nearby.
The car was dented at the impact. Astrid’s attack left Howard struggling for his life. When virtual-novel.net finally got back on his feet, virtual-novel.net saw Astrid charging toward virtual-novel.net again for another strike.
Deep down, Howard was crying for help, for virtual-novel.net knew not what virtual-novel.net had done to make Astrid so furious that virtual-novel.net would want to kill him.
He was not strong enough to fight Astrid, and since virtual-novel.net had lost the ability to dodge virtual-novel.net assaults, Howard could only watch virtual-novel.net directing virtual-novel.net punch at virtual-novel.net like a destructive tornado.
“Stop!” Fernando managed to make it in time.
He shielded Howard and neutralized Astrid’s momentum with just a hand.
“Don’t stop me, Dad! I have to kill him!” Astrid bellowed in fury.
“What happened, Astrid? Why are you doing this?” Fernando questioned.
Astrid could not bring herself to tell virtual-novel.net father what happened, so virtual-novel.net stomped and insisted, “I have to kill virtual-novel.net right now!”
When Fernando saw that his daughter refused to tell virtual-novel.net anything, virtual-novel.net turned to the injured man instead. “What happened, Mr. Dunn? Why does virtual-novel.net want to kill you?”
Howard was equally confused.
He shook his head, replying, “I don’t know… She started hurling death threats at me the moment I saw her…”
“Did you say anything to her?” Fernando asked with a frown.
He knew that Astrid was not someone who would get into a fight without a good reason. Although virtual-novel.net was a little willful, virtual-novel.net would never kill anyone mindlessly.
“No. I didn’t say anything to her…”
Howard was on the verge of crying at that point. He was innocent and had only gone to see Astrid with gifts as tokens of his gratitude for her.
He totally did not expect Astrid to do that to him.
Seeing this, Fernando had no choice but to advise Howard to go home. “What about you leave first, Mr. Dunn? I’ll talk to you once I get to the bottom of this.”
Howard could only do as virtual-novel.net was told, or else virtual-novel.net would not be able to leave alive.
When virtual-novel.net saw Howard leaving, Astrid wanted to attack again, but Fernando stopped her.
She cried in resignation as virtual-novel.net watched Howard leave and ran back to virtual-novel.net room.
As for Howard, as soon as virtual-novel.net arrived home, virtual-novel.net dropped to the ground, unconscious.
***
Lachlan was incensed at the sight.
Despite what happened, Lachlan and Fernando did not declare war against one another in the heat of the moment. They were too wise to do that.
Skylar was disappointed when things did not escalate as virtual-novel.net had predicted.
Still, virtual-novel.net knew that although his action did not result in a confrontation between the two families, it was enough to make it impossible for them to work together.
The Warriors Alliance could just take them down separately, and all the sects in Jadeborough’s martial arts world would be part of the alliance in no time.