Artemis said, “Ask your question.”

Even faced with Dan’s cruelty and coldness, her face remained full of tenderness.

Dan shot her a frosty glance. His eyes were sharp as blades, yet Artemis still looked at him with the same softness, as if she could melt him with her gentleness alone.

She wished her gaze could soothe his rage, heal him.

But it was useless.

Dan had already seen her true viciousness. How could he be moved by the woman who murdered his mother?

“Who exactly took Tessa away?”

The question was addressed to both Dale and Artemis, but his eyes never left her.

His voice was cold and cutting. Dale instantly exploded. “That’s enough, Dan. None of us took Tessa.”

“Funny,” Dan sneered, “because Tessa is either with Ashen Pact, or Manny took her.”

His tone grew darker, sharper.

“You… you’ve gone too far!” Dale was trembling with fury. Was there no place for reason anymore? It was maddening.

When Artemis heard Dan drag Manny into it, the tenderness in her eyes flickered, revealing a flash of hidden frost.

“Dan, Manny didn’t take Tessa either,” she said gently. “Your father is right. None of us took her.”

even Mr. Victor are convinced

Artemis and Dale froze.

face darkened. “This is all your doing!” he spat through

Tessa had

just as convinced Dan had taken her–out of resentment, out of

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brow and let out a cold laugh. “Whether I took her or not doesn’t matter. What matters is you’d better

his lips

to inherit Ashen Pact intact, you won’t

Dan

his fist on the table,

must be

certain Dan knew the tangled ties

taken her–deliberately–to pit

in her eyes. “Don’t be so quick to blame

be? He hates me,

Artemis: “…”

Who else but him? His heart was full

Dale. Hatred for her.

you raised him for three years, he shows no gratitude at

a flicker of guilt passed through Artemis’s

she forced out, “He was so young then. He doesn’t remember anything. Forgetting the good I did

had been too young. Too young to

gave her a shred

is. If Mr. Victor comes demanding her, he won’t care whether she’s in our hands or Dan’s. As long as someone from the Morris family

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