It's... Serenity's voice! Jackson seemed to be jolted back to his senses, and his dark eyes, which were filled with hostility a moment ago, regained a bit of clarity.

"Jack, let go. I don't care what he says, and you don't have to care either! There's no need to make your hands dirty for a person like him!" Serenity said anxiously.

"You... don't care?" Jackson asked.

"Yes, I don't care!" She gave him an affirmative answer.

His grip slowly loosened up.

Grayson, who had just escaped death, wa