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.

here. Chris hoped with everything in him that he could remain by Maia’s side always — to protect her, to bring her peace, and to

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

knowledge, Maia was trapped in a

dragged back to her early years. Richard and Sandra stood as distant figures, their

emerged next, her expression sharp and triumphant, hurling false accusations that

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

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someone familiar but oddly distant. She wanted to see him clearly, to hold on to something real in

the boy stood tall above her. She looked up and saw only his chin. Her height

realization slowly dawned. In this dream, she had become a

on the edge of a monstrous cliff. Below her stretched an endless black void, alive with rivers of molten lava and flickering flames that licked the air like the breath