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Chapter 179

Chapter 179 - 179: Rebuild

Rayna reached for the car keys just as the door opened.

Stefan and Ethan stepped in, their expressions grim—like men returning from battle.

Stefan's eyes immediately locked onto Ruby's red-rimmed ones, her tear-streaked face still frozen in quiet devastation.

Immediately, he stopped in his tracks.

"You… you already know," he said softly, regret written across his face.

Ruby nodded, her arms still wrapped around herself, her voice low. "Rayna told me. She showed me the article."

Stefan stepped forward, slowly, carefully, as if approaching a wounded bird. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you over the phone. I just… I wanted to be here. I didn't want you to be alone when you found out."

Ruby gave him a faint smile, one that didn't quite reach her eyes. "It's okay. I understand. You were just trying to protect me."

He nodded, his jaw tightening. "I was. I still am."

"I just never thought Ivy could ever hurt our mom," she said as fresh tears slid down her cheek.

Stefan wrapped his arms around her and patted her head softly. "I'm so sorry, love."

For a moment, silence stretched between them, thick with unspoken grief as Ruby sobbed.

After she'd sobbed for a while, she pulled back and turned toward the others. "Let's go. I need to see her for the last time."

to the car in silence. The ride to Zeden General was quiet except for the occasional sniffle from Ruby and the low hum of the engine. Rayna held her

reality became even more suffocating when various reporters had gathered around the hospital door, asking anybody that steps out

signaled to his colleagues to help Ruby through the

wing, the sterile air hit her like a

at her mother's dead face. One of the officers led her and the others to a restricted area where

face neutral but respectful. "Miss Quinn… I'm very sorry for

voice caught in her throat. She could barely hear her own heartbeat above the silence pounding in her

see her?" she asked finally, her

the nurse beside him and

Stefan, Ethan and Rayna into

still, her body already cleaned and covered. Her skin had lost all its warmth. Her once perfectly styled black hair now lay flat against the pillow. She didn't look cruel or cold anymore.

it to her lips. The sight of her mother

Regina who would've yelled at her and ask

knees gave out, and Stefan rushed to steady her before she hit the floor. She gripped

fix it. I hated so much about us… but I never

reached out, hovering over Regina's cold

She closed her eyes.

in her mind. It's not your fault. You're

to her stomach—the tiny, barely noticeable bump that had yet to show. Her eyes fluttered open as her palm pressed

her voice fierce beneath the pain. "I'll love all my children. No matter who they are. No matter what they do. I'll love them equally. I'll protect and discipline them when need be. And I'll teach

moments in silence, as if

a hand on the small of her back for support. She leaned into it slightly, grateful for

them again once they

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