Chapter 1158

Evelyn was still lost in her overwhelming mix of joy and sorrow. She clung to Isaac’s sleeve, her gaze greedy as if she couldn’t seem to get enough of him. Her tears never stopped.

“Can you forgive me, son? I truly didn’t know… I’ve avenged you, I swear. Please, forgive me, won’t you?”

Isaac was silent for a long moment before he finally shook his head.

“Madam Prince, Seraphina is dead. However, he didn’t die in that fire. Not long after he was sent to Gravelstone Peak, he was tortured to death. Reverend Lazarus made him do backbreaking work, and he was beaten and abused. In the end, he was left to die. He was thrown out like garbage and devoured by wolves.

“That’s impossible!” Evelyn’s eyes widened in disbelief. “You admitted it before, so why are you telling me something different now? You’re still angry at me, aren’t you?”

Isaac pulled his hand back, his expression becoming calm. “I was a novice priest at the temple, the same as him. I was close to him, so I know what happened to him. But I’m not him.”

“Look at your face…”

“Mother!” Zoey’s quick mind seized the moment. “He’s just my brother–in–law’s friend. He’s not my brother–in–law.”

Evelyn looked at Zoey in confusion. But he was Seraphina!

go for now. I’ll come find you in a couple

tried to hold onto Isaac, but Isaac had already stood and was walking

force it. You know he’s alive. Isn’t that enough? You don’t know what he’s been through, or if he’s

him. Transfer most of the family’s assets to him. With time, he’ll

past can’t be changed, and the dead can’t be brought back to life. But as long as you know he’s alive, even if you don’t acknowledge each other, what’s the problem? Isn’t that better than thinking he was

to snap back to reality. “Right. I will make it up to him. If you’re willing to agree,

of course. In fact, it would be best if everything were

sense of unease gnawing at her. She couldn’t shake the feeling that the older woman wasn’t telling the whole

Isaac to claim his heritage. He had never known

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of the Earl of Silverstone’s family, so why should he bear the burdens of

he shouldn’t ever have

and she trusted them. By passing everything over to Isaac, she ensured that if disaster ever struck,

out Caspian and Luna. There had been

him. They report back to me on his situation–who he’s been in contact with, and what he’s done. From what I know so

aligned herself with the guilty. Once they make their move, Oliver will be held accountable and we will get dragged into it

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