A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 170

“I knew you’d show up.”

“There really isn’t any other way?” Alessia stared at the scattered books on the

table. She already knew the answer, but she still couldn’t help clinging to a shred of hope.

Xander sighed and closed the book in his hands.

“Lessie, I wish more than anyone that there were.”

Alessia fell silent.

The ancient medical texts here were as familiar to both of them as the backs of

their hands. They could pinpoint any passage, any line, without hesitation. But now, with one of them asking questions and the other scouring the pages all night, it was obvious–they’d hit a dead end.

Still, neither wanted to give up.

What if–just maybe–they’d overlooked a chapter, missed something in their

exhaustion?

“How’s Cole doing?”

Alessia shook her head.

lines around

stubborn too. Never lets his feelings show. Lessie, you’ll have to keep a close eye on him,

“I will.”

Alessia refused to give in. She and Xander

breakfast café finally opened its doors. Zachary and the Mortons were up before dawn, bustling to prepare. After finishing her own

barely touched the floor, whirling from customer to customer, while Zachary

Did you have breakfast yet?” Karen called from

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of Alessia hovering at the

wanted to stop by and see how things

the clock on the wall. “Time’s about up. Zachary, stop fussing and get to school–both of you!

a little stunned to be shooed

said, thrusting two steaming drinks into their hands. “Sorry, we’re swamped right now.

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