Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 859:

With her head resting back against the seat, Maia gazed out at the open sky. The emotional weight of the past few days pulled at her, and exhaustion slowly took hold.

Sleep crept in as her eyes fluttered shut. Her head tilted gently, coming to rest against Chris’s shoulder without her even noticing.

Feeling the gentle pressure against him, Chris turned slightly and caught sight of Maia’s peaceful expression.

A quiet warmth filled his chest. Not wanting to disturb her, he shifted just enough to support her better.

When a flight attendant came by, Chris spoke gently and asked for a blanket, then placed it over Maia with care.

His eyes lingered on her sleeping face, and a quiet joy stirred inside him.

by Maia’s side always — to protect her, to

Chris suddenly became aware of a change — Maia’s breathing had grown unsteady, and a thin sheen

was trapped in

and Sandra stood as distant figures, their

process the ache, the setting twisted. Rosanna emerged next, her expression sharp and triumphant, hurling false accusations that left

later, Vince appeared. He looked at her not with pity or anger, but with disdain

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familiar but oddly distant. She wanted to see him clearly, to hold on to something real in the chaos, but the dream wouldn’t allow

In the next blink, the boy stood tall

slowly dawned. In this dream, she had become a

of a monstrous cliff. Below her stretched an endless black