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Chapter 210: Indeed Something’s Wrong

Chapter 210: Indeed Something’s Wrong

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

Sophia Rivers concealed the unnaturalness on her face and lightly snorted. “I heard you went back to Northern Territory to recognize your relatives. You’re back so soon?”

Her tone carried that familiar air of strained civility. The kind that barely masked the animosity simmering

beneath the surface.

A research technician nearby looked up from her work station. She had clearly been listening to our exchange, probably confirming the rumors of discord between us healers.

I halted before Sophia, my expression unwavering. “You know so much about my affairs. You must have put in a lot of effort behind the scenes, right?”

The accusation hung in the air between us like a blade waiting to fall.

Sophia feigned innocence with practiced ease. She dismissed my insinuation with a laugh that sounded hollow in the sterile laboratory air.

“I really don’t know what ‘Healer Elena‘ means by that.”

I turned to the research technician without missing a beat. “Could you give us a moment alone, please?”

The technician nodded quickly and gathered her materials. She clearly wanted no part of whatever confrontation was brewing between us.

Once we were alone, I shed the pretense of politeness entirely. My tone hardened like steel cooling in winter

air.

“Whether you really don’t understand or not is no longer important. Even if you escape today, you won’t escape tomorrow.”

Sophia’s smile faltered for just a moment. Then she retorted with false bravado.

“You’re not here to warn me, are you?”

I offered no direct answer. The silence stretched between us, heavy with unspoken threats.

Sophia closed the distance between us. She lowered her voice to a conspiratorial whisper that made my skin.

crawl.

“It’s a pity, you can’t do anything to me. Even if you are the daughter of the Whitmore family, I’m not afraid of you.”

with malicious satisfaction. “Who will win in the end is still

instinctively. The deliberate provocation was working exactly

under surveillance would play directly into her hands. She wanted

her ammunition

slowly unclenched my fists. A faint smile graced

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curious about the identity of your

barb. I watched

mid–step. Suspicion clouded her features as she

indifference.

did have them, they didn’t raise me,

to do with

explanation. Sometimes

retreating figure, my smile faded. It was replaced by a thoughtful frown that

my brow

been planted. It would grow in the darkness of her

research report on the desk.

thought.

(Sophia Rivers’s POV)

betrayed the inner turmoil I was desperately trying to hide. I cursed Elena’s unexpected arrival under my

the crucial research data. Felix would not be pleased with my

question lingered in my mind like a persistent ache. What did she know

parents?

enough to taste blood. The notion was ridiculous,

They had abandoned me as an infant,

me now. I couldn’t allow Elena to manipulate me with

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

the latest batch of experimental data. The numbers told a story,

to understand the

workstation with

something important

my calculations. “What can I help you with,

to ask about Healer Sophia’s visit to your lab

set down my pen and gave her my full attention. “What specifically did she tell you about her reason for

Professor Andrew Kelly sent her to review

in immediate suspicion. That explanation

with

wouldn’t need Sophia to review

of this puzzle were starting to form

my unease immediately. She asked cautiously,

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