Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 464

Adah's eyes brimmed with panic and regret. She tried to get to her feet, desperate to chase after them, but her body simply wouldn't cooperate-grief had robbed her of all strength. All she could do was sit there, tears of remorse streaming down her cheeks.

Claire hadn't gone far when she spotted Mrs. Tempest and Orion rushing toward her.

Without hesitation, Mrs. Tempest scooped Claire up in a tight embrace.

"Oh, sweetheart, you scared me half to death! Let me look at you are you hurt anywhere?"

Claire shook her head. "I'm okay, Mom."

Mrs. Tempest's jaw clenched so hard she nearly ground her teeth.

"If anyone dares lay a finger on the Tempest family's little princess, the Chases can forget about showing their faces in Northcrest City ever again."

Orion, his face flushed with anger, chimed in, "Mom, don't forget those siblings we ran into at the kids' boutique yesterday. Somehow, they snuck into The Celestial Aerie and barged right into the lounge-they tried to pick a fight with me and Claire!"

Mrs. Tempest instantly transformed, her protective instincts flaring like a mother lioness.

"Where are they?"

pointed toward the stairwell. "They're over there. Just now, those siblings tried to pin it all on me saying I

light flickered in Mrs. Tempest's

toward the stairwell, pausing at the top to look down. There, she locked eyes with Adah, whose

arms, basking in motherly affection, her own pain was forgotten. She scrambled to

"Put my daughter down!"

a split second, her gaze turning

in your arms-she's my daughter. Claire, come to me. I'm your

eyes. Something was off about Adah. Yesterday, at the boutique, Adah hadn't recognized her at all-in fact, she'd sided with Vanessa

Adah

her through in her last life-why should Adah get a second Why

forgive her?

Dream on.

now.

tightened her grasp around Mrs. Tempest's

scary woman is looking at me. I'm

Tempest patted Claire's back reassuringly. "Don't worry,

woman" hit Adah like a blow to the head. The pain was