Return of the Crowned Heiress

Chapter 530

After a few shots, those who had been climbing the rock face–no matter how strong or famous they had been in life–turned into cold, lifeless corpses at the bottom.

They were caught off guard, and even those who realized what was happening had nowhere to run.

Their blood spread, staining the ground. The intricate patterns came to life, almost completely illuminated. There was just a little bit more to go.

But just when it seemed it would be completed, it stopped abruptly.

Pete ordered for two more shots to be fired into the depths, but it was still insufficient to complete the last pattern.

“Alas…” Pete sighed, almost as though he was disappointed, but it seemed to be within his calculations as well.

a soft, affectionate smile. He asked

bit too fast. After all, they hadn’t even officially become a couple, and he was jumping straight

had to admit that she had deep feelings for Pete, and

best

she replied, “Pete, you already know the answer. My heart is yours. Of course, I love

step closer to her, his breath nearly brushing her ear. His posture was intimate and enticing, like a lover’s whisper–tender yet

face flushed again. Instinctively, she wanted to nod

her gaze inadvertently fell upon the grim scene in the crevice below and the last part of the mechanism before it was fully activated. A sudden chill shot through her

washed over her, seeping through every pore of her being and chilling her down

if she had just been thrown into the icy waters of midwinter. All the admiration and fantasies

face she had known but an expression full of malice. Those eyes that

Before those people had fallen into the crevice, Pete had patiently answered all their questions.