The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 708 The Fractured House

To Dale, everything Dan had unleashed was nothing less than a deliberate attempt to drag outside powers in and destroy Ashen Pact.

After all, this mess now reached Abraham himself.

Dan gave no answer. He simply pulled out a chair and sat directly across from Dale.

His silence only deepened Dale’s scowl. “Dan, no matter how we fight, it’s still family business. But you-”

The word family darkened Dan’s face. He cut him off coldly. “Quarrels between family count as family business. Am I your family?”

Family business?

Ha. After all these years, it was the first time I have ever heard Dale call their strife that.

His voice dripped with irony.

Dale’s eyes narrowed. “Tessa. Was it you who took her?”

The name left his mouth without a trace of warmth.

No tenderness for his daughter–only indifference.

Indifference so stark it was as if Tessa had no right to exist at all.

The same indifference he had shown Dan for a lifetime.

Perhaps once, when Dan was still a toddler, Dale had been a father in truth. But from the moment Dan’s memories began, Dale had never treated him as a son.

the children born of

Dan echoed, laughter sharp and mocking. “Listen to yourself.

Dale’s voice

back lazily. “Victor and Marie both believe Ashen Pact took her. If you can’t produce her,

pause

face sank deeper

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lips curved in a vicious smile. “Especially Victor. Surprised, aren’t you? That Diana’s daughter turned out to be his treasure. And you–of all people–you laid hands

lethal blade in Abraham’s hand–his woman. That

open.

jaw clenched. “What are

on me. Marie’s already torn my grounds. apart, and

eyes locked,

your dirty water

face twisted black. “I didn’t

believes you… that’s another

down like a

at Dale’s temples. He hadn’t known Victor himself was coming to Noctarth. Not until Marie’s proclamation made

understood–the Ashen Pact was in

rose, leaning over the desk,

it your

question cut sharp–who

Dan had been forced to take the blame

mouth,” Dale

certainty wavered. Was it