Chapter 5
Ashes
Victor’s face froze||
He stood there, stunned, stiffly taking the urn into his hands ||
Lyra’s… ashes?||
Lyra couldn’t die.
Snapping out of it, he opened his mouth to call the man back=[]
Tut the stranger had already disappeared without a trace.
A wave of panic surged through him
Cremated could she still come back?||
He stared at the urn, his expression darkening ||
What kind of trick was this now
The moon rose and frii,||
But his headbeat only grew more erratic
At last, as though roused by the moon tide, he pulled out his phone and spoke tow
“Check the surveillance footage.“||
The lab director nearly jumped out of his skin when Victor walked in.
The cameras were down that day
Victor narrowed his eyes, a cold smile tugging at his lips. “Tix them.“[]
In the footage, Nina was clearly the one who swallowed the drug on her own
It was she who grabbed my hand and placed it around her neck.]
She p
he performed flawlessly–just the right a
amount of tears.
you both agreed to 1
And I was taken to the dissection table afterward.
The director collapsed to his knees, voice trembling|||
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“Nina fold us to go along with it. She said it wouldn’t count unless you gave the order yourself. I assumed it was something you
She also said that if the really dard, we were to send her to the crematorium–to sever the mate bond completely.“||
Victor growled, voire low and dangerous
After cremation can someone still come back? |
The director stammered.
“Aernarding to the wolf cl rodex, the resurrection contract is limited to a hundred deaths_“||
vanished completely from his wort
Victor returned home, rage indling under his skin
Nina, still wearing her apron. findled as she brought him a beret of soup
You ve been under so much stress lately. I made something nourishing–Victor
second, porcelain shallered on the floor ||
Victor clamped down hard on her wrist, eyes cold as frost
“That day, what did you say to her? |
Nina finally panicked eyes reddening.
11 just made a bet with her.
“A bet on who you’d choose.
She bit her lip
“Victor, I won, didn’t I? You gave the order yourself to dissect her. For me, you made your choice”
Victor let go. His gaze was glacial |
Nina staggered, falling into the shards on the ground.
“Nina. How dare you?” “|||
“Why wouldn’t, I dare? I’m carrying your heir]
She screamed hysterically.
your hand like a treasure!
You were the one who came to me first! You Indulged me, pampered me, held me in your hand
Victor–it was you who killed her, one hundred times, with your own handar
Victor couldn’t accept the kind of person he had become.]]
All he could do was silence Nina
He stepped forward, hand closing around her thunat
Tightened]
The sound of her choking finally drowned out her endless screeching.
The world went quiet
Royal Pack
Royal Pack–Stone Family Old Estate
It was late. Silver moonlight draped over the old estate of the Stone family-
I sat alone in the side chapel of the manor, beside the ancestral shrine
The fireplace was out. Candlelight flickered faintly, casting dancing shadows over my parents‘ portraits.]]
Through the wall came the shrill voice of my brother in law, Dante
“So what if she’s your blood sister? Everyone knows she’s cursed–born under a death start she was taken by the mountain tribes when she was three and didn’t come back for seventeen years! Now your parents just happen to die in a car crash, and she suddenly shows up playing the grieving daughter? What else could the want but the inheritance?–
Grey’s voice sounded, uneasy.
“Keep it down–tyra can hear you‘
“Good” Dante deliberately raised his voice
“I want her to hear This estate is your parents‘ bonding gift Stone Group’s funds are dried days–bow long is the planning to mooch off us?
dup, and the n
moment she came back, she’s been freeloading for seven.
Gery. Frustrated
“She’s my sister. What are y
are you even saying? If it’s about money–I’ll pay for fert||||
what? You don’t earn a cell Everything you eat and drink comes from my money–||
The man’s trade trailed off
I slowly opened my eyes]
