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.

then turned to Kayla, offering her a soft, affectionate smile. He asked slowly, “Kayla, do you love

the progression was a bit too fast. After all,

to admit that she had deep feelings for Pete,

this man was the best option for her at the

gaze was tender, shy, and bashful as she replied, “Pete, you already know the answer. My heart is yours. Of course, I love

willing to do anything for me, right?” Pete asked as he took a step closer to her, his breath nearly brushing her ear. His posture was intimate

to nod and

upon the grim scene in the crevice below and the last part of the mechanism before it was fully activated. A sudden

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

waters of midwinter. All the admiration and

but an expression full of malice. Those eyes that had once

it clicked in Kayla’s mind. Before those people had fallen into the crevice, Pete had patiently answered all their questions.