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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.

me, your grandfather, and everyone! The truth is that the so- called priest told him that Seraphina was the one keeping your

against Seraphina and swapped out the medicine the physicians gave him. Some of it had poison, some of it had ingredients that canceled each other out, and some of it weakened Seraphina’s heart and drained his strength. That was

her eyes filled with nothing

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

lifted slightly as her entire body tensed, still as rigid with fury as

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

was me,” Evelyn said coldly, her eyes gleaming with an icy resolve. There was no hesitation in

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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 never able to inherit

Isaac were both deeply shocked. Murdering

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

the other hand, Zoey

were everything -her heart and soul. Even when Viola had caused so much trouble, her

breaths, as though struggling to gather her

end, your grandfather found out what David had done. That was when he confirmed the heir and refused to let David inherit the title. David

eyes as she spoke, her voice breaking: She looked at Isaae with an unbearable

poisoned him. He wanted

were alive… I failed you.