The Swordswoman's Revenge Story after Rebirth

Chapter 164 Sickness:

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Priscilla could hardly believe that Clark had the nerve to shout at her. In a fit of fury, she slapped him across the face. “You ungrateful wretch! You dare to defy me?” she screamed.

Clark’s eyes darkened, his rage boiling over. But his self–restraint was too ingrained, and the teachings of respect too deeply rooted in his heart, preventing him from retaliating in the same way he had when Isolde had scolded Prudence. He could not lash out at his stepmother as he had done with her.

The slap and the venomous words, however, would be scared into his memory.

Geoffrey, witnessing the slap, was horrified. His face paled, and he turned to Clark. “Clark, come to the study. I need to speak with you.”

Clark’s rage simmered down, and with a clenched jaw, he nodded, “Yes, Father.”

Priscilla, watching him walk away with Geoffrey, was overwhelmed by a surge of bitterness and sorrow. With a loud thud, she collapsed at Prudence’s feet, sobbing uncontrollably. “Mother, how can you just stand by and watch Geoffrey continue to trample on us? Even the son of a concubine is more capable than your own flesh and blood. How could you lose to a lowly concubine’s child?”

Prudence’s body stiffened as she stared at her. For a moment, she looked like an old woman, her face sagging, her eyes heavy with exhaustion and despair. In one glance, she seemed to age a decade.

The hatred in her eyes began to surface, thick and poisonous. Concubines. She had spent her whole life fighting them.

When she was young, she fought concubines. In middle age, she fought their sons and daughters–in–law. And now, in her old age, she was being crushed under the weight of the bloodline of a concubine.

She had spent her entire life trying to stay on top, but now she was being pushed lower and lower, helpless. And now even her obedient bastard son, her grandson, had turned against her.

The fury in her eyes grew darker, colder.

“Get Xavier,” she ordered Priscilla, her voice icy. “And tell the shop to lower the prices. Sell it quickly.”

She slowly stood up, her body heavy as if weighed down by the world. She could no longer stay in this

house.

was

This family had been completely overtaken by the bastard. As the legitimate matriarch, there was no place for her here.

her as she stepped outside, and her body swayed,

illness striking like

they couldn’t figure out the cause of her sickness. All they could say was that her liver was congested, and there was a stagnation of blood and energy. It could be serious or

one could tell.

was just the result of her anger and stress, not giving it much thought. But

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voice. “Geoffrey, Prudence’s condition

it? What’s wrong with her? Geoffrey asked, his

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grim. “Her pulse is sluggish, her liver is failing to store blood, her complexion is yellow, and her body is swollen.

dumb by the news. He stammered, “Are there any medicines that could

his head. “I can prescribe some medicines to ease her pain, but I’m afraid they won’t do much. You should start preparing for her end. She

you can,” Geoffrey

have the medicine delivered. Two doses a day. Let’s see if it can reduce the swelling. If not, there’s nothing more I can

that, the doctor left, his heavy footsteps echoing

life. As a young man, he had sensed her favoritism toward her own children, but that had

she had always been a good stepmother. She had

her.

was dying?

Geoffrey’s heart like a stone.

the family home, where Prudence lay bedridden, her body swollen and pale. Priscilla and Matilda were

at him weakly, her voice hoarse. “What did

her bedside and bowed. “Mother, the doctor says it’s just liver congestion. With proper care, you

lie to me.

wiping away her tears, tried to console her. “Don’t say that. You have many years ahead of you. You’ll see Braden return, and

“If I could just see him one last time, I could die

he come back? If you truly v maybe Geoffrey can talk to Tyler and get permission

to see him,

“When Pablo came, he promised to save Braden. But

sobbed, “I’ll go to Isolde. Maybe she can help. She’s close to Pablo now, and he might listen to her. But Isolde despises me.

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