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.”

is it? And how exactly would you have kept it inside? How much did you bargain away to

She stared at him, stunned. “You…

snorted and walked past, heading

had been so careful. How had he learned about

up the stairs, Dan tossed the words over his shoulder: “Monroe’s not an outsider too? You brought him in for Manny’s sake, yet demand I shut the gates when it’s

He was right–she had cracked the doors

Diana back, isn’t it?”

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

had sent hunters out to find her, to erase her

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Now she saw the truth: Dan had been pulling strings all along. His reach had always been

It was the same cruel light she’d once seen in

Her breath faltered.