When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

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Chapter 54 His Name Is Ludwig

Jean hit the ground hard, face–first into the dirt..

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The earthy smell filled her nose as pain exploded across her body. It was like every bone and nerve had been yanked the wrong way at once.

She barely noticed the ache, though. Her only thought was getting up.

She tried

But her limbs had no strength left.

Her arms were like wet noodles. Her legs wouldn’t respond.

She couldn’t get up. She couldn’t run anymore.

Clint

Something metallic slipped from her jacket and landed right on the back of her hand.

The cold touch snapped her out of the daze.

Jean fumbled, fingers closing around it.

It was that metal badge–the one shaped like a six–pointed star with an iris in the center, the symbol of Abyssal Choir.

It had belonged to the host. Jean sometimes kept it with her.

Leaving it at home felt risky. If anyone in the Ginger family saw it, she wouldn’t be able to explain.

So, sometimes she stashed it away. Sometimes she carried it.

Jean turned the badge over, about to tuck it back into her pocket–when she noticed something odd on the back.

A tiny switch. Like a button or trigger.

What the hell is this?

She ran her thumb across it, curious.

It moved.

It actually moved.

“Whoa_ weird,” she murmured, her voice hoarse from thirst and exhaustion.

“What’s weird?”

Jean’s heart jumped.

The voice came out of nowhere–smooth, low, and crystal clear.

“Wait you

“You what?” the voice repeated.

Jean looked around, her pulse suddenly racing

She checked left Right. Up. Down

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This thing wasn’t just a metal decoration–it was a piece of tech.

Like, spy movie–level high–tech.

maybe even with

And that voice….

Jean recognized it instantly.

guy from the art

weird, spooky kid

who had some kind of

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freak out easily, don’t you?” he muttered lazily through the badge. “Didn’t I tell you before? If you ever need me, just say my

you

Jean blinked.

kind of

Wait, hold up–name!

gave her his

Ludwig.

His name was Ludwig.

did that

through every plotline she could remember from the novel. And

Oh my God

She remembered.

some

He was that Ludwig.

The prodigy

made headlines before he even hit puberty. He was a

could leap over rooftops, tear people apart with his

form

him the Wild Dog of the

book, he was one of the strongest

first, he was

a few run–ins with her, he actually switched sides. He defected. Joined

team

then on, he became her

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he’d betray Abyssal

in with

Jean’s head was spinning.

You still there?” his voice floated through the badge

staring down at

a force of destruction as a child. Now that

must be

breath ragged. “Help

heard a faint shift on the other

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of panic there–subtle but real.

The connection cut off.

ask where

meant the badge had a

Ludwig could track her.

into the bushes, the

the tank. Her limbs were done. Her skin

have wasted

against a tree, holding her

Act dead. Don’t move.

coming. He has to

dead only

Not

sliced through the

Jean winced

God, that’s bright!

“There she is