Seducing My Ex's Father In Law by Caroline Above Story

Chapter 788

When the light dimmed, the smell of burnt wood and ozone filled the air. Lila groaned, clutching her arm. Where the gems‘ light had touched her, angry red burns now crawled across her skin… branding her.

“It rejected you,” Daisy said, staring in horror. “It will continue to reject you and grow angrier every time you

mess with it.”

Lila’s breathing came in short, sharp bursts. Tears burned in her eyes, and she angrily swiped at them.

“No… It’s supposed to be mine. It’s my family’s birthright. My birthright… why doesn’t it recognize me??”

The gem still glowed, but its light had changed–brighter and colder. It pulsed like a living thing, and Diasy felt something pulling inside her chest with every beat.

Her voice was barely audible as she said, “Lila, it’s not calling to you. I don’t think it ever was.”

“How is that possible?” Lila asked, turning to glare at Daisy.

“It’s calling to someone else…”

Lila shook her head, still in denial over the fact.

can’t be true… it just can’t,” she croaked as more

just as much as she could see it. The heartbeat of the gem wasn’t in the same rhythm as

was time to face the fact that Lila wasn’t a Blackwell… and the real heiress, the real

at nothing to find

Judy’s POV

only thing I could hear in this unknown place. I sat with my legs pressed to my chest and my eyes closed, trying to focus on the beat. My body trembled, and fear consumed me, though I had no idea what I was afraid of. All those emotions that didn’t

blood,” I murmured in a voice that didn’t sound like

had no

was going to die here, but then a warm feeling washed over me… and his presence was all- consuming. Though I couldn’t see him, I knew he was here. His

but I wasn’t sure why. I was right here…

his soft voice made my heartbeat even faster. “Please, baby…

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home. I wanted to go home to him…

Another

was also

and the

Eliza. She passed out,” Gavin said, his voice

okay, that I was right here. But I couldn’t. My body wasn’t my own right now… it was consumed, pulling me further into

blood,” I murmured, unsure if they could hear me, but it was the only thing I could say, the only words I could get out