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?”

he hadn’t

thought filled Manny’s eyes with

hold, now isn’t the time. Put them

said anxiously. “If Ashen Pact

women had taken the worst losses. Fear had already stripped away their resentment toward Dan. All they wanted now was unity

Inside could wait.

actually doing it? That whore Marie isn’t robbing you anymore? Or did she

fury spilled over. Every word

eyes narrowed, cold

some skill,” Manny

flash cut him off. A knife whistled across the room and struck his face. Pain exploded as blood

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military blade clattered at his

turned

panic. Manny,

was

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wound–an ugly slash from the corner of his mouth nearly up to his

are you doing? He’s

eyes narrowed into

a deadly glare. “Insult her again, and

Her?

had spent these days robbing

breath hitched. He tried to retort,

split wider, and his words

mean Marie? Dan, don’t forget–she’s the one who’s stolen the

back to

wound vicious

“I’ll take you to the infirmary

that moment, Dan stood, flicked the cigarette butt into the ashtray, and dropped a

Victor the whole

hit

others sat frozen, unable to

the pain did their senses

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and Artemis locked

Tessa’s been with Victor

Artemis nodded grimly.

fury spiked higher. “Then what the hell have they

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

made it terrifying–Tessa

this disaster. What is she trying to do? Has she let herself be blinded by some man? This family is her

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

her to the

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

knew the truth: Tessa had been with Victor

was nothing more than a pretext used to

her openly, not even bothering to hide, they had driven knives straight into

curled in bed, clutching the phone nervously as

really thought you knew,” Tessa said pitifully.

she realized he

tearing through Ashen Pact, pushing forward with everything

come forward then, admitted

have torn her to

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