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.

stood behind Zeus,

now bruised and limping, made her way back to

guessed her plan for

a series of

from drinking water or if Hayden hadn't switched rooms

out of the

still dripping down. He looked tall

found the chair too hard, so she switched to lying on

and covered her with a blanket before gazing out the window at the rain, his eyes

"Hoot..."

brought into the room by

lifted his arm, whereupon Zeus flew over and landed on his shoulder. The two of them then stared out

it was almost

in because no one disturbed her after her late

the events of the previous night, but everyone

He had swapped rooms with Hayden, so why was Violeta in his

Where did Hayden sleep?

servant explained, "Master Hayden stayed up reading downstairs

was wrong, especially after 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 gone awry

siblings vanished. He arranged for them

blamed Violeta

would've succeeded! Hattie

crush Violeta in the