Chapter 3

Everyone's attention snapped to the doorway.

The girl standing there couldn't have been more than twenty. She wore a baseball cap, a simple t-shirt, and straight-leg jeans. She looked fresh and casual, but to the Lancaster family, she seemed somewhat shabby.-

"Who is she? How did she get in here?" Jonas sprang to his feet, questioning.

Lavinia, however, was practically vibrating with excitement. "Miranda! It's you! You're back!"

Miranda glanced at Lavinia, a slight smile tugging at her lips. "To be precise, I'm out."

Seeing Lavinia so enthused left everyone else in the room bewildered. Lavinia, known for her composure,

was visibly shaken by this girl's appearance. Who was she, exactly?

The Lancaster family exchanged puzzled looks.

"Lavinia, do you know her?" Susan asked suspiciously. "Is she your daughter from somewhere?"

regained her composure and smiled at Miranda. "She is the one

the

"Are you kidding?"

kid

you been deceived? Mom's illness can't even be cured by the

save Mom? Lavinia,

...

the younger ones, everyone in the

treat

family and directly asked Lavinia, "Did you bring what I need?" Lavinia nodded.

box and opened it, revealing nine slender silver needles no thicker than strands of hair. Satisfied, Miranda asked as

your mind?" Jonas stepped forward

another voice interrupted. "You seemed confident. What

before its

masculine charisma. The newcomer, likely in his early twenties, wore a perfectly tailored designer suit. His features were strikingly handsome, almost too perfectly arranged.

respectful formation, their presence

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