The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 716 The Cyren Mines

This was the only way Artemis could think of to keep Marie in check.

No matter what, she couldn’t allow her to spout wild accusations in front of Dale.

Marie arched a brow. “How long?”

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Her calm tone only made Artemis feel more cornered. In Marie’s ears, her own words had sounded gentle, but in Artemis’s, they were cutting and merciless.

Still, she swallowed her fury. “Three days. I’ll try my best to find her, all right?”

Marie rose to her feet. “Fine. Three days. Send her to me.”

Artemis had said she would try to find her, but Marie’s words left no room for doubt–deliver the girl.

It was the same as declaring she knew Artemis had taken Tessa.

Derrick stood as well, slipping the silver knife back into his pocket before casually draping an arm around Marie and steering her toward the door.

As they left, Marie threw one last remark over her shoulder. “Remember, Mrs. Nolan. I want her unharmed. Not a single scratch.”

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Artemis: “…”

Dale: “…”

Unharmed? They hadn’t even laid eyes on Tessa–where were they supposed to find her, let alone promise she’d be safe?

Once the visitors were gone, Dale’s chest burned with rage. “Why did you agree to that? She’s not even in our hands!”

Artemis sighed. “We had to calm her down. You saw it yourself–she came with Mr. Nathaniel, and Victor is on his way too.”

The moment Victor’s name was mentioned, Dale’s head throbbed.

spiral further into chaos. Power transfer had already left them unstable, and Diana’s return had stirred things

much of

onto?

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Manny. See if he

carried a trace of

demanding we hand her

Artemis fell silent.

the only one

had never doubted her

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at Dale’s dark expression, she held her tongue and nodded. “I’ll call

left

any comfort Dale might have offered

blasted apart, he knew full

step had to be taken with caution. Ashen Pact’s resources had always been coveted, and if they faltered now, outsiders would swoop

stepped aside to call Manny when Butler Lenny appeared. “Sir, Mr. Victor has

Dale’s chest seized. “…”

head grew worse,

I’m

face anyone. Each visitor was harder to deal with

“Sir… Mr. Victor brought quite a

men to

is Noctarth!” Dale

Pact grown so weak that outsiders

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quickly,

then, Dale’s

he picked up and barked,