The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 795 The Price of Betrayal

The Morris family was steeped in darkness.

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The moment Dan’s words landed, Dale’s fury snapped like a whip. “Well? Did you find Tessa or not?”

Manny turned his gaze on Dan as well.

He had made no progress.

Once, he had dismissed Tessa as nothing but the bastard child of that whore Diana. He never dreamed she would cause such upheaval.

Now Manny, like Lana in her hospital bed, wanted Tessa dead more than anything.

Dan sank into the single sofa, lit a cigarette, and took a drag.

His calmness only stoked their anger.

Dale’s voice rose sharper. “I asked you–did you find her?”

As if searching for Tessa were Dan’s duty alone. At the beginning, Manny had searched with him. Now the burden was being dumped squarely on him.

Dan turned his head toward Manny. “And you? Did you find her?”

“You-”

Manny’s face blackened. Dan was shoving the fire back at him, and he couldn’t stomach it.

Seeing the tension spike again, Dale’s temper boiled over. “This isn’t the time for petty fights! What matters now is finding her and handing her over!”

That word–handing–spat through his clenched teeth.

Dan let out a bitter laugh. “Need I remind you? The one you’re so eager to hand over is your daughter.”

Artemis’s face darkened, and she shot him a furious glare.

Dale’s eyes sharpened into blades. “I don’t need you reminding me of that.”

“With how ruthless you sounded just now, I thought I should remind you anyway.”

Dale’s expression only sank further.

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“We’re all stuck in this together. Do you really want to talk like this right now?”

But he had no patience left. What mattered most was finding Tessa.

Even if they once thought she was nothing but a pretext-

The pressure closing in proved otherwise. If they didn’t produce her soon, the excuse would bury them alive.

So, real or not, they had to find her.

Dan took another slow drag. “Stop looking.”

The room froze.

Dale’s breathing quickened. “What did you just say?”

Stop looking?

Manny’s fury exploded. “Are you insane? You want us all dead faster?”

admitting he hadn’t searched for her

Manny’s eyes with

hold, now isn’t the time.

“If Ashen Pact falls, then none of

already stripped away their resentment toward Dan. All they

Inside could wait.

sweet–talk women and now you’re actually doing it? That whore Marie isn’t robbing you anymore? Or did she give back

spilled over.

eyes narrowed, cold and

really do have some skill,”

off. A knife whistled across the room and struck his face. Pain exploded as blood poured between

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heavy clang, the military blade clattered

study turned to

a panic. Manny, groaning, pulled his hand

was soaked

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caught sight of the wound–an ugly slash from the corner of

fury flared. “Dan! What are you doing?

narrowed into

a deadly glare. “Insult her

Her?

spent these days robbing Ashen

hitched. He tried to retort, but pain ripped

and his words

speak. “Her? You mean Marie? Dan, don’t forget–she’s the one who’s

turned back to Manny.

face was smeared with blood, the wound vicious and raw. He would carry the

her foot in rage. “I’ll take you

that moment, Dan stood, flicked the cigarette butt into the

been with Victor the whole

words hit like

after he left, the others sat

Manny groaned from the pain

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Artemis locked

said Tessa’s been with Victor

Artemis nodded grimly.

spiked higher. “Then what the hell

say it already? She was just a pretext,” Artemis replied, her voice weighted

terrifying–Tessa had been a pretext

What is she trying to do? Has

glance. She didn’t like the way it sounded, but she couldn’t deny Lina

blood tied her

this… why didn’t Lana and I finish her when we had

truth: Tessa had been with Victor all

than a

her openly, not even bothering to hide, they

curled in bed, clutching the phone nervously

said

when she realized

already gone mad tearing through Ashen Pact, pushing forward with

forward then,

fury would have torn

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