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Chapter 751 Shadows in the Dark

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Dan chuckled under his breath. Before she could say anything, he had already turned and continued upstairs.

As he walked, he tossed a remark over his shoulder. “Secrets may look safe in the dark, but the dark is the first thing to break.”

Artemis’s body went weak. She staggered back two steps before she barely managed to steady herself.

Her face had drained of all color.

In the study.

The moment Dan stepped in, he met Dale’s exhausted eyes.

Seeing him, Manny’s gaze blazed with fury.

But with Dale sitting there, he didn’t dare be the first to speak.

Dan strolled lazily across the room, pulled out a chair opposite the desk, and sat down without hesitation.

There wasn’t the slightest trace of loss or worry in the way he carried himself.

Looking at him, Manny was almost certain Tessa was in his hands.

“Father.” Manny clenched his jaw and looked at Dale.

Before Dan arrived, he had already spent quite some time badmouthing him to Dale.

Up to now, Manny and his mother had taken the hardest hit.

Especially his mother’s.

Meanwhile, Dan–aside from losing Dovemont to Derrick–looked like he’d barely taken a hit

at all.

Manny and Artemis were close to

Pact, it felt like the one with the

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raised his hand, cutting off Manny before he

His

was sharp, heavy, and impossible to

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about handing Tessa over, don’t waste

Manny ground out through clenched teeth, “Who else could it be? You’re the one who brought that woman back. She must’ve slipped out of your control, right? So you grabbed that bastard child to use

“her,” he meant

“bastard child,” he

turning his eyes toward Dale. “Well, that’s interesting. A

his smile became. Then he turned his gaze on Manny, his eyes carrying a deeper

under that look.

off before he

so far is Dovemont,

the more you’ve lost, the more likely it

“You-”

you think

your mother?”

Manny and Artemis were

one in the Morris family had been spared, the mother

worst.

on the desk with a loud crack.

mouths!”

to tear each other apart while the real

once, though Manny shot Dan

isn’t in the hands of anyone in

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voice carried the weight of

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