Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 170 Gift Box

The hair covering her face made her look like a ghost at first sight.

The servant saw her and asked, "M-Miss Hattie? What are you doing here?"

Hattie slowly stood up, one hand on her waist and the other covering her head. "I ... I came out to use the bathroom." The servant was surprised. "Did you just roll down from upstairs? The bathroom is over here. Miss Hattie, are you okay?" "Squeak!"

Zeus, the eagle, stood on the second-floor railing, adjusting his feathers. His sharp eyes looked down at her.

Hattie looked at the eagle and replied, "I'm fine. I thought the toilet was upstairs. Anyway, why is there an eagle here?"

The servant explained, "It belongs to Master Hayden."

Hayden and Niall swapped rooms, and Zeus, picking up a familiar scent, darted out.

He didn't enter the room but waited at the door, so Hattie, who was sneaking upstairs, bumped into him.

She got a big bump on her head and was utterly fuming.

Her plans for the night were ruined, and the noise attracted the servants, leaving her no chance to go back upstairs.

"I'll just go back to my room," she mumbled.

The servants thought it was odd but didn't say anything.

point, stood behind

bruised and limping, made her way back to

Violeta had guessed her plan

series of coincidences, Hattie's plan

Hayden

AM, Hayden came out of

hair was messy, water droplets still dripping down. He looked tall and strong, his muscles visible under the loose collar of his

too hard, so she switched to lying on the bed and playing

with a blanket before

"Hoot..."

been brought into the room by Violeta earlier, stood on the table's

shoulder. The two of them then stared out the window at the

it was almost noon, and Hayden

because no one disturbed her

about the events of the previous night, but everyone knew she had slept

puzzled. He had swapped rooms with Hayden, so

Where did Hayden sleep?

stayed up reading

hearing the servant's report about Hattie's fall down the stairs while 'searching for the toilet'. Combining these events, Niall understood that something had

say it, his positive opinion of the Hattie siblings vanished. He arranged for them

blamed Violeta for her

would've

felt the urgency to crush Violeta