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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.

everyone! The truth is that the so- called priest told him that Seraphina was the one keeping your grandfather alive. As long

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

ragged, her eyes

looking for David. They talked in the study for a long time, but they didn’t realize I was right outside

rigid with fury as the day she had learned the truth. Even now, with the man long dead, her hatred hadn’t

anger, Zoey suddenly thought of something. She stared at Evelyn in disbelief. “Then… Father’s

was me,” Evelyn said coldly, her eyes gleaming with an

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methods he used to harm my child–after that, every bowl of soup he 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

and Isaac were both deeply shocked.

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

other hand,

soul. Even when Viola had

breaths, as

what David had done. That was when he confirmed the heir and refused to let David

her eyes as she spoke, her voice breaking: She

him—I was the one who poisoned him. He wanted to tear me apart, but there was nothing he could do. But my

thought you were alive… I failed you. I didn’t