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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."

and the low hum of the engine. Rayna held her hand in the backseat while Stefan drove,

even more suffocating when various reporters had gathered around the hospital door, asking

to his colleagues to help Ruby

her like a slap. She'd been here a couple of minutes ago but coming back here now, the atmosphere seemed

face. One of the officers led her and the

his face neutral but respectful.

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

see her?" she asked finally, her

nurse beside him

Ruby, Stefan, Ethan and

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

hand trembling as she brought it to her lips. The sight of her mother like this—lifeless, empty and without its usual

who would've yelled at her and ask

throat as she stepped closer. Her knees gave out, and Stefan rushed to steady her before she hit the floor. She gripped the side of the bed, her

cracking. "I'm sorry we didn't fix it. I hated so much about us… but I never

shook as they reached out, hovering over Regina's cold fingers before gently

She closed her eyes.

It's not your fault. You're grieving

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

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

more moments in silence, as if saying

of her back for support. She leaned into it

once they were

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