The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2609

Mara’s heart hung suspended, a balloon tugging against the string of her anxiety, yearning. for the power to teleport straight to the place where they held her father captive.

As the investigation progressed and the pieces came together, an air of excitement began to bubble among the team, like champagne threatening to pop the cork.

Her heart steadied, anchored by their confidence. It meant they were close, and that they had the upper hand.

All that was left was to pinpoint where the kidnappers were hiding, and they could bring

her father home.

But she gave no thought to Victoria. Dark thoughts crept in, wishing, almost hoping, that Victoria would quietly slip away in this ordeal. No more competition for her father’s affection. The thought was selfish, but it was there.

Oh, Victoria, Victoria, it’s not a curse from me, but karma’s own design! Why did you have to set your sights on Balfour, the one I had my eye on first? If you had cared for me, your own sister, you wouldn’t have been so entangled with Balfour. Mara thought.

She had never suspected her sister and Balfour were anything more than friends. But their joint abduction laid bare an ugly truth.

off the table,

but Victoria had

bonds, why

you’d just vanish, never to darken my life again.” The thought of Victoria’s demise brought a chilling smile to her face, one that startled the

“You-”

the picture of woe. The teacher

something wrong?” Mara asked.

nothing. Do you want me to get

head, a picture of despair, “No thank you.

child, so worried about her sister and father,

have faith in the

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and father. There’s no need