A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

Chapter 471

His voice was so broken, it felt as if it might shatter into pieces, and the sound of it sent a sharp ache through Alessia’s chest.

Was she really that important to him?

She wanted to open her eyes, to see who was speaking, but her eyelids felt impossibly heavy. No matter how much she tried, she simply couldn’t

lift them.

Her world was swallowed by darkness, yet the chaos around her refused to fade away.

The boy’s sobs circled her like a persistent melody. Alessia didn’t feel annoyed–in fact, she found herself wishing she could get up and comfort him. But her body wouldn’t move.

Odd, she thought. Ordinarily, the crying should have irritated her.

Maybe this boy really does mean a lot to me.

The thought drifted through her foggy mind, her consciousness moving in and out of a shapeless void.

Perhaps her urge to comfort him was so strong that, miraculously, she managed to twitch her finger.

It was the smallest movement, but Cole noticed it instantly.

“Lessie…” His eyes lit up with sudden hope.

like a loyal dog finally reunited with its owner after being abandoned for too long–overwhelmed by

times Cole

in darkness, every muscle drained and powerless. She had the faint

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faded away, and she could hear nothing at all, though in the real

Lessie… Miss Lessie…” Susannah Holt sobbed so hard she could barely catch her

first lifted, she’d managed to see Alessia–arms wrapped protectively around her, creating a narrow but safe haven amid the rubble. Blood covered

shoulders, and

where her beloved teacher was hurt or why there were so many streaks of blood staining her clothes. She

was Alessia–her not–so–broad shoulders shielding her from every falling stone and

you

my

trapped in a suffocating space had left her weak; she gasped for air

“Doctor, she’s passed out!”

!

stretcher. As a nurse hurried

Max stood silently at Alessia’s side, watching

a lot of blood. Honestly, it’s a miracle she’s still alive. If we don’t start