The Heiress Nobody Saw Coming

Chapter 549 Kenton Returns

Yvette clawed at her own skin, her fingers digging in with all her strength. But

whatever was moving beneath it, moved even faster. The moment she touched it, the thing darted somewhere else.

A burst of frenzied barking erupted from overhead.

She looked up. A man stood before her, holding several wild dogs on chains. He wore a baseball cap and a face mask, revealing only a pair of dark, unreadable eyes.

Without a word, the man let go of the chains. The pack of wild dogs lunged toward the overturned urns. Their claws raked the ground without pause, heedless of pain. Then, they lifted their legs and urinated directly onto the ashes.

"Stop! Stop!" Yvette's scream rang out in desperation.

Earlier, when Ethan had told her that the Jenkins family graves were destroyed by wild dogs, she hadn't believed a word. She had assumed it was Marcus' doing, never imagining actual dogs could wreak such destruction.

But they were real. And there were many of them. They followed the masked man's command, but still retained all the vicious instincts of feral animals.

There was no saving the Jenkins family's ashes anymore. Yvette screamed until her voice cracked, but the dogs kept digging, undeterred. The ground was soon in chaos. The air reeked with the acrid stench of urine.

"No. No..." she cried as tears streamed down her face. The Jenkins family was truly unable to rest in peace.

"Mrs. Jenkins Senior, how do you feel about all this?" the man finally spoke.

His voice was rough, hoarse. It was obvious his vocal cords had been damaged.

At the sound of it, Yvette jerked her head up. "It's you!"

"That's right. It's me."

cap and pulled down his mask. Half

like it?" He smiled

"She's dead. You bastard. I knew you couldn't be trusted. You're even more disgusting than that slut Grace. I should've let

unmoved. He gave a short whistle. The pack

filled the air

bloodcurdling scream echoed

short distance away, Ethan observed the scene with icy detachment. He raised a hand and made a small gesture to Kenton. It seemed to say,

and

stopped attacking Yvette and returned to desecrating the

body bore fresh bite

old, sick, and dying. But the

Jenkins family's cemetery. The ashes violated.

up on the ground, pleading through her sobs. Memories flooded her mind in rapid

She passed out completely.

Holden Residence, Marcus stood in front of the big maple tree in the center of the garden, dressed in black. Natalie stood quietly

his own hands. If he missed his grandfather, this would be the only place he could visit. "You've seen the evidence Kenton gave us, haven't you?" he asked softly. Natalie nodded. "I've seen it. No one expected him to actually be on our side."

up the Jenkins family cemetery, who brought the wild dogs, was Kenton. But the order had come from Marcus. He knew exactly what Yvette valued most.

the

maple tree. "Nat... if Grandpa knew everything I've done, do

There wasn't a single word in his final message telling me not

around his. "No. What he feared most

one thing above all. That no one would love Marcus after

Charlotte, and all her brothers had promised him they would protect him. They would love him. Marcus would never be unloved. He would live on, surrounded by the

everything else, Charles had said nothing. No matter what Marcus chose to do, he would