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Zoey helped Evelyn drink the herbal soup, then sat down with Isaac to listen to what she had

to say.

told

“Back then, I was deceived,” Evelyn began. “I thought the priest, Reverend Lazarus, David that Seraphina would bring him good luck. At the time, David seethed to care for Seraphina deeply. When Seraphina fell ill, that man was more anxious than anyone and ran around looking for physicians and treatments. But Seraphina’s condition only got worse. By the time he turned five, he could barely get out of bed.”

Evelyn’s voice faltered, the pain of those memories still raw in her chest.

“Reverend Lazarus said that if we didn’t do something, Seraphina wouldn’t last a month. He advised sending him to the temple at Gravelstone Peak and praying for the gods‘ blessing, giving him a chance to live past 18. Once Seraphina made it past that age, his life would be smooth sailing from then on.”

“Your grandfather disagreed. He thought it was all nonsense. But then David brought Reverend Lazarus to meet him. I don’t know what they said, but your grandfather agreed after some discussion. He even started paying the priest three thousand silver coins every year, saying it was for some kind of blessing or ritual to protect your life.”

Evelyn suddenly raised her voice, becoming fierce.

him that Seraphina

out the medicine the physicians gave him. Some of it had poison, some of it had ingredients that

was ragged, her eyes

they didn’t realize I was right outside the door, listening to every word. David was wrong to do this

as her entire body tensed, still as rigid with fury as the day she

intensity of Evelyn’s anger, Zoey suddenly thought of something. She stared at

gleaming with an icy

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drank was laced with a slow–acting poison. It wasn’t enough to kill him right away. He grew weaker, and his body slowly fell apart. In the end, he was bedridden, and he was

deeply shocked. Murdering one’s

woman before him, disbelief clouding his expression. He couldn’t quite accept her words as

the other hand, Zoey was more

soul. Even when Viola had

deep breaths, as though struggling to

heir and refused to let David inherit the title. David didn’t get what he wanted. That was his punishment–he never got the title,

breaking: She looked at Isaae with an unbearable

poisoned him. He wanted to tear me apart, but there was

were alive… I failed you. I didn’t protect you well enough. I’m