Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 791:

Her lips trembled slightly, searching for words, and she murmured, “So, Grover, are you saying you want my mentor and me gone? Be honest… Is this really how you feel?”

Grover stayed silent. He lowered his gaze, avoiding her eyes, saying nothing at all. Sometimes silence cut deeper than any harsh reply.

Alice struggled to understand how Grover could stand there, quietly complicit, without a single word in her defense.

“Gee…” A dry, humorless chuckle escaped her lips, her chest tightening with grief and humiliation.

She had been the one urging Maia again and again to attend the art show. She had boldly promised, “Here in Sceibar, I have a little sway. Anyone who tries to mess with you will have to go through me first.”

Yet now, faced with the unthinkable, her confidence shattered.

Her guest, her respected mentor Maia, was being humiliated in front of everyone — told to leave.

And Alice could do nothing.

as though something was stuck in her throat,

of the crowd, hushed voices floated around

are they being

don’t look like real

shows will take in anyone these days… it’s all

one pierced Alice’s heart

eyes burning, and turned to Maia — her admired mentor — with a look

at that moment, Maia

𝗟α𝗍𝖊𝓼𝓉 ςhαρ𝖙𝖊𝗋𝖘 g𝒶l𝗇𝓸v𝖾𝗅𝗌．ⅽ𝗈𝗆

certain you want to throw me out?”

and even but edged with steel. The

turned toward

stood tall, composed and poised,

now, you may come

eyes, briefly caught off

than she had anticipated. No wonder Claudius