Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 482

Who knows-maybe, once she graduates, someone from the top will swoop in and take her away.

They certainly hit the jackpot with her.

Claire's arrival caused a bit of a stir, and it took quite some time after registration before they finally managed to leave the school grounds.

The four of them went out for a meal together, but then it was time for Mr. Tempest and Orion to say their goodbyes.

Orion hugged Claire tightly, clearly reluctant to let go.

"Little sis, I'm really going to miss you," he said.

Claire hugged him back. "I'll miss you too, big brother."

Orion looked her in the eyes and promised, "Don't worry, Claire. I'll come visit you every time I'm on break."

It took a while before the family was finally able to part, with Mr. Tempest gently ushering Orion away.

From that day on, Mrs. Tempest officially became Claire's school escort.

even though the school was less than five hundred meters from their house, she never once missed a

was the kind of life Claire had only dreamed of in

two-hour ride to school. Even at lunchtime,

loving parents, but her mom saw her off to school every morning, picked her up in the afternoons, and made her delicious,

the old Claire, such ordinary, peaceful days were an

she had

evening they would come and spend the weekend with Claire and Mrs. Tempest, only heading back

that, four years passed in

returned to Northcrest City for winter and summer breaks, reuniting

brief, they never once made her feel like an outsider. No matter how brilliant her grades were, no matter how much of a prodigy she became, in their eyes, she

to an abrupt end

those four years, Claire's performance stood out in every possible way-she earned every scholarship the school had to offer, and every

reached

everyone. She was still a minor, her worldview not yet fully formed. If they could bring her over, mold her with

like Claire could create unimaginable value over a lifetime

would

world, further cementing Bellatoria's