My Beloved Has Risen from Death’s Embrace

Chapter 96

“We heard about the explosion at your audition, and it scared us half to death! How could we even think of doing anything else? Let me see if you got hurt anywhere.”

Susanna chimed in, “Yeah, Xan, are you feeling alright?”

“Oh, I’m fine!” Xanthea spread her arms and spun around a few times. “Look, my arms, legs, head–all accounted for, not a single

scratch!”

“Don’t joke about this!”

Ethan tapped her on the head lightly, and Xanthea pretended to yelp in pain. Just then, they heard a gasp from the door.

Curious, Xanthea looked over to see Matthew bending over, clutching his shaky left leg, a pained expression on his face.

“Matt, what happened to you?”

“Miss, Mr. Martinez heard about the danger you faced on set and rushed over here in a panic. While running upstairs, he accidentally bumped into the banister and broke a solid oak spindle, Must’ve hurt a lot!”

Matthew, who was ashen as he managed to force a smile. “I’m fine, seeing you safe is all that

for a moment she couldn’t tell if his emotions were genuine

acting had certainly improved since his past

should get that leg looked at in the

head, “No need, I

scare.” Christopher sighed in relief. “Dinner’s ready, let’s

they were going downstairs, they

THE

ready to excitedly share her successful audition, only to notice everyone focused on Xanthea, surrounding

could she forget? In the Nightshade family, there’s only one beloved daughter. Even if she hadn’t scraped even a bit, that was a million times more

she so lucky? Why hadn’t she perished in

“Sist

saw Miranda standing

quickly adjusted

about you? How

round, the

expression

must have wished for her