Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 154

Here is your culturally localized and novelistic adaptation for a Western audience:

The guests at the Vaughan family's manor exchanged uneasy glances as Victor swept in and carried the birthday girl away in his arms.

With the guest of honor gone and the atmosphere soured, there was little point in lingering at this awkward, ill-fated birthday party.

Especially after what had just transpired-Mr. Fitzgerald had made it abundantly clear whose side he was on. The Vaughans had thoroughly fallen out of Victor's favor.

That was all anyone needed to know. In high society, people flock to the powerful and shun the disgraced; loyalty is as fleeting as a change in the wind.

No one dared to stay a moment longer.

One by one, the guests made their excuses and slipped out.

Within minutes, the once lively manor-filled with the swell of a string quartet and the gentle hum of conversation-emptied into a cold, echoing silence.

The dazzling Northmarch chandelier cast its icy white light over the deserted hall, making the emptiness feel even more piercing and stark.

Just then, the family doctor hurried in through the front doors, medical bag in hand and a team of nurses trailing behind him.

He was moving against the tide of guests fleeing the scene, a late arrival with no idea what disaster had just unfolded.

how strangely early the party had ended before his professional instincts kicked in.

drained from her. She glanced back at Pearl, whose legs were streaked with blood, then over to Prescott, blood streaming from a wound on

See if there's any serious head

hand to her throbbing temple,

and desperate,

was furrowed, his eyes dark with

a long, heavy silence, he made up

"we've indulged your selfishness for long enough. But tonight, you went too far. You've disgraced the entire family.

fear had finally

shaking so hard from pain that her

do this. This is my home, I'm your daughter, I belong here! I'm

back. He walked

at Pearl, noting the severity of her injuries, but Richard and Eleanor had given no orders to treat her. He hesitated only a moment before turning his attention

the tears from her face, her eyes bloodshot and wild with fury and

Why?

close-just one

did Victor have to take Isadora's

won over Victor-her

refused to give up

still surrounded by doctors and nurses, and forced herself to

trembling. "Please help me, big brother. You promised you'd always be there for me. I just made one mistake. If even you turn your back on me, what