Chapter 567

A sharp cry echoed through the chamber, and half the walls were instantly blown away

From the shadows emerged Richard, tall and imposing.

His clear and elegant face was flawless, but his eyes were steeped in hostility A palpable killing intent radiated from him, his powerful mura carrying a sense of destruction so overwhelming felt as though it could make hearts quiver and courage fail.

Tiffany froze, the attack in her hand faltering.

The masked man before her showed no such hesitation. The short knife in his grasp closed in, aiming for her body Her lips trembled as she murmured. “James… Is it you?”

The masked man’s hand hesitated–just slightly, almost imperceptibly.

But in the next moment, the blade surged forward again.

A sudden gust of wind erupted, and an invisible force stopped the blade just short of its mark.

Richard strode forward. His gaze fell on the wound on Tiffany’s wrist, and a fresh wave of hostility surged through him. With a commanding sweep of his hand, he sent the masked man hurtling through the air.

The masked man crashed into the wall with a thunderous impact, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He struggled to retreat but found himself paralyzed under Richard’s oppressive aura.

Tiffany stepped closer, crouching slightly.

With trembling hands, she reached out and pulled away the man’s mask.

The mask fell away to reveal James‘ face.

It really was him!

The last glimmer of hope shattered within her. Her face turned ashen, and she let out a string of bitter, broken laughs. “James… Why? Why is it you? Why?”

This was the person she had trusted most, the one she was closest to.

Yet here he was, the one who had driven the knife deepest into her heart.

to the ground. With great effort,

eyes narrowed dangerously, his murderous intent surging as he prepared

a step back. She looked down at James, her voice cold and steady. “Don’t call me that. It’s

trust to

dependence on him, the guilt she’d carried for defying him in the

out that everything

‘How laughable, she thought.

back to him. Only then did her tears

when she met James when she was just five years

he had smiled at her and said, “Call me James,

deeply touched

her origins all along. He had

bitterly at the thought. “James, you’ve truly outdone yourself, spinning

expression faltering for a

my safety wasn’t out of concern for me–it was

didn’t know you were doing that, running around,

her eyes

felt a strange pull when she entered this forbidden land—a summoning she couldn’t quite explain. It was because James had been subtly feeding her something over the years to suppress her talents and

earlier today, the haunting voice in her mind that she had mistaken for her mother’s–it had all been an illusion and part of his meticulous plan, crafted

woven so carefully, layer by layer, had finally ensnared her. And she had

one who were helping him profit

fury. “James, how could you be so cruel It’s one thing to lay your hands on me, but why June? She’s stayed by your side all these years, and yet you can betray her so heartlessly. Do you even

mother once asked me the same thing. And my answer then was simple: my heart was already given to her. So tell me–where

the sea. But in the end, all he got was her last words to him. “Let go. I will never

How utterly

at his words, her anger blazing like never before. “You think this is love? That you’re some tragic hero, giving everything and demanding nothing in return? Do you really believe your

stopped to consider how she would feel if she knew what you’ve done? If she learned that her life came at the cost of her daughter’s, would she be touched? Not to mention whether life will even work. But let’s say you succeed. Let’s say she returns. When this insane plan of yours to bring the

things in

end, it was still just a flimsy excuse for his

do anything! I can bring Faith back to life. When she wakes up, she won’t know any of this.

Tiffany interrupted, her lips curling into a mocking smile. “Still clinging to your delusions? She

into one of shock.

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