The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

750 The Trap

From yesterday to today, Ashen Pact’s strongholds had slipped deeper into chaos.

Madam Evelyn hit hardest of all–her men stormed Cyren Mines with raw force, no compromise.

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Dale was seething when Dan returned. Manny was already waiting in the study, while Artemis lingered in the parlor, intercepting Dan at the door.

“Dan.” She stepped forward quickly.

Neither Dale nor Manny moved, but Artemis’s face showed strain. Much of what she controlled had come under attack, losses mounting by the hour.

But Dan didn’t spare her a glance.

Her chest tightened. “Take whatever you want from me or Manny–just give Tessa back to Victor, will you?”

That line finally drew his eyes. But the cold mockery in them made her throat close.

“Ashen Pact’s struggle for power should stay within these walls,” she pressed, voice quivering. “No matter who wins, it’s still in Morris hands. But outsiders… you know the ruin that brings.”

within our walls, is it? And how exactly would you have kept it inside? How much did

drained of blood. She stared at him, stunned. “You…

and walked past, heading upstairs toward

had been so careful. How had

brought him in for Manny’s

weakened. He was right–she had cracked the doors

Diana back, isn’t it?” Her voice cut sharp

the air. Diana–her nightmare, her shadow, the ghost

years Artemis had sent hunters out to find her,

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strings all along. His reach had

gaze back on her. It was the same cruel light she’d once seen in his mother’s eyes–moments

Her breath faltered.