The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

She Took 865 Summary

Dale, who once prioritized Artemis above all else, now finds his world unraveling as chaos erupts within their family. Victor cynically reflects on men and lost loves, hinting that memories of the past often seem more perfect than reality. Tessa, caught in the tension, feels uneasy as Victor’s touch becomes intense, highlighting the fraught atmosphere surrounding them.

The fragile balance within the Ashen Pact, maintained for years by Artemis and Manny through Dale’s favoritism, shatters when Dale orders DNA tests on all of Artemis’s children. Dan arrives with a medical team to carry out the tests, escalating the conflict. While Dale and Dan submit willingly, Manny refuses, sparking a fierce confrontation.

Dale’s cold decision to have Manny forcibly restrained for the test devastates Artemis, who still clings to a fragile hope for trust and unity. Manny’s anger boils over as he threatens the guards with a gun, but Dale remains unyielding, showing no warmth or fatherly affection. The family’s foundation crumbles in a single night, leaving Artemis heartbroken and desperate as Dale’s focus narrows solely on the DNA tests.

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865 Nothing Left to Save

In the past, Dale would have turned his back on every other child in the world just to shield Artemis from harm. She was his priority, his everything.

But now—just like that—everything had erupted into chaos.

Victor chuckled softly, a low, almost bitter sound. “Men, huh,” he muttered.

He had once pampered Artemis as if she were untouchable, and for two clear reasons: first, because she was the woman he loved deeply, and second, because she had given him three children.

“But she was his first love!” Tessa interjected quickly, her voice tinged with urgency.

Victor’s smirk grew wider. “Isn’t it funny? The ones who are gone always seem more perfect, don’t they?”

Tessa froze, caught off guard by his words.

Wait—was he really suggesting that the living could never measure up to those who had passed? That memories would always outshine reality?

The more she thought about it, the more she realized he might be right.

Even if Artemis had been Dale’s first love, if she had betrayed him over their children, then none of that past would hold any weight. She would lose everything she had.

What had started as idle gossip somehow shifted without either of them noticing, and before long, Tessa found herself pressed against Victor. His arms wrapped around her, strong and unyielding.

His touch was anything but gentle.

By the time she registered what was happening, the tension between them was already electric, thick enough to burn.

“Hey!” she gasped, trying to pull away.

her ear, his voice low and

cold,” she stammered, feeling her

he murmured with a hint of

gaze. You’re the last

didn’t need to do anything more—Ashen Pact was already

and Manny had maintained their influence, all thanks to Dale’s favoritism. But now, with Dale’s sudden decision to conduct DNA tests on all of Artemis’s children, the fragile balance

Dan made

a full medical team—his own people. A dozen doctors and nurses, dressed in crisp white coats, filed into Black Mountain, carrying sterile kits

moment Artemis and Manny spotted

at Dale. “Should

eyes burned with

grew even wider. “Might as

Dale said nothing.

everything all at

laugh. “Settle

rolled up his

quick—almost unnervingly calm and confident—and that only fueled

immediately, drawing

Dale came forward, offering his

the only two who acted

they finished, Dan turned to Manny. “Your

entire body

not doing it,” he growled fiercely. “I’m not taking

the tension like a

cracked,

shot his son a single, icy glance—no words, no

at him, stunned. “Dale… you

ordering them to restrain

don’t trust me anymore?” she demanded,

of trust she had left, hoping to reach the part of Dale that once was

answer. Instead, he turned back to

for barely a moment before nodding. “Hold Mr.

several burly bodyguards moved in

their breaths coming shallow