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.

just can’t,” she croaked as more

could feel it just as much as she could see it. The heartbeat of the gem wasn’t in the same rhythm as Lila’s… it was in the rhythm of someone else…someone who was truly

time to face the fact that Lila wasn’t a Blackwell… and the real heiress, the real owner of this gem and this

stop at nothing

Judy’s POV

my heart thrummed in my ears; it was the 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

I murmured in a voice that

thing I could say; I had no idea why, where I was, or

a warm feeling washed over me… and his presence was all- consuming. Though I couldn’t see him, I knew he

worried about me, but I wasn’t sure why. I was

made my heartbeat even faster. “Please,

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for me, bringing me home. I wanted to go home

Another familiar voice

was also there, and she

the baby are

there’s nothing wrong, Eliza. She passed out,” Gavin said, his voice coming out

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

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