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Denival modded, then dropped the tool he was holding and glanced around. what’s buried underneath,” he salil.
“Undentul Callum immediately made a pleone call.
other pits. “Tart someone to dig up all these grains. Lets see
Before long, the bodyguards arrived. They moved quickly, and soon every pit had been dug open.
To their surprise, beneath each pit, about 1.5 feet deeper, a strong, sickening stench of blood filled the air. The bodyguards assumed it was blood
Dave the secINE odone, the bodyguards left.
“How is this pemulder * Cathum was visibily shockedl
Instead of just dead bodies, there were more things li
İnitied beneath.
“No wonder Odalys wanted to come back here to check again” Percival mittered, his voice low. “Seems like this place has hidden depths”
“The first time she came, she killed the old man, which led to Sophia’s backlash. The second time, the saved Francis and drew the police over making them discover the bodies
If this was a place she kept returning to, it had to be significant”
“It looks like Odalys‘ intuition was right, Orson remarked with some awe.
Percival stood there for a moment, scanning the pits. After a pause, he said, “Get in touch with the police and see if they’ve identified these bodies
“Since these pits are full of mixed blood and mud, the people buried here must be someone of importance,” he continued.
Brandon thed to use the negative energy of his dead grandson to tap into the Stewart family’s luck. Percival muttered, his voice grim. “Maybe these people who died here were all from wealthy or high–ranking families”
He wasn’t sure if his guess was correct, but something about the situation felt off
“I think there’s a strong possibility of that.” Orson agreed.
Callum, listening to their conversation, spoke up in a low voice, “Til head over to the police station”
“Be careful. Don’t let anyone notice you,” Percival reminded him.
After all, they had been followed by Finnian tonight.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Stewart. I’ll be careful,” Callum replied before hurrying off, driving Percival’s car.
Once Callum was gone, Orson and Percival began covering the pits to prevent the contents from being washed away by the rat. When they
nished. Orson got behind the wheel and headed back
“Back to the Stewart Villa?” Orson asked in a low voice.
Percival pulled out his phone and glanced at the screen. He noticed that Odalys hadn’t sent him any messages.
“Let’s go to Freya’s apartment, Percival said quietly.
Orson was momentarily taken aback. While Freya was the Stewart family’s adopted daughter, Percival wasn’t particularly interested in women, and he didn’t usually interact much with Freya.
““Why is he suddenly going to her apartment at this bour? Orson w
wondered
“Odalys must have gour to her place earlier, and something must have happened,” Percival explained.
Hearing this, Orson immediately floured the accelerator and sped off toward Freya’s apartment.
At Wookin Apartment, as soon as Odalys arrived and stepped into the elevator, she received a video call from Percival. When the saw Sophia’s tempting Egure in the frame, she unmediately knew that Sophia must have been following Percival out.
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Sophia’s fate seemed tied in Finnian, so it was most likely related to Finnian.
And Finnuancs back was terrible. Just the other day. Odalys had said that he was likely going to do something extreme. She hadn’t expected it to happen so somn, but the fact that Finnian’d targeted Percival and his groups seemed like a death with
“With his bad luck, it’s no surprise. If the heavens want you to suffer, there’s no escaping at, Odalys wondered
But Finian, it seemed, hail picked the most ruthless–option to go after
With a loud sound the elevator doors opened, and Odalys quickly stepped out. She saw Edie, holding a fire extinguisher, pounding on the door, clearly frustrated as it remained locked.
“Freya, you better come our hin
‘s voler lacked the commailing tone from last night.
Her hair was disheveled, and she had kicked off her high heels in her rage.
With a soft click. Firys opened the door.
As soon as Edie saw her, she threw the fire extinguisher aside and stood tall, her posture dripping with arrogance.
“I thought you were some bag shot, she sneered. “My husband adopted you into the Stewart family, raised you up, and now you Inch and mighty, huh”
Freya’s heart tightened at Edie’s words as tears filled her
er eyes
Freya never spoke of her past, nor did she ever use the Stewart family’s influence to push others down.
ou think you’re all
Because of that, the resources she had hoped for were always taken by Sophia, and the Stewart family never stepped in to
to support her.
Now, Edie was bringing up Freya’s adoption as
asif it w
were some kind of insult, aiming straight for the heart!
“You have a problem” Freya’s voice was icy.
Suddenly. Edie lunged at her. Freya didn’t react fast enough and was knocked down onto the carpet, the two of them crashing hard onto the floor Freya quickly pushed Edie away, but before she could get up, Edie pulled out a needle.
Freya’s pupus contracted.
“Now that Percival has kicked me out of the Stewart family, you, the adopted daughter, have become my only way back in Edie sneered, her cold. “Let’s see how you deal with this.”
With that. Edie aimed the needle at Freya’s neck.
eyes
Just as the needle was about to pierce Freya’s skin, a strong hand grabbed Edie’s wrist. A gust of wind swept through the room, and with a loud slap, Edie was struck hard across the face.
Dazed, she regained her senses and realized her wrist was now firmly held by someone else. And the needle she had been holding was now pointed right back at her.
“No, please, not” Edie screamed in terror
Before she could pull away, the needle was plunged into her own flesh.
Odalys had acted quickly, and the syringe’s contents were now being injected into Edie’s body. As the liquid flowed through her veins, Edie’s face turned pale, and a look of sheer panic spread across her eyes as she realized what was happening
“Clink “The syringe fell from Odalys hand, hinting the floor with a soft thud.
“You you injected at Edir ́s voice was trembling, disbelief washing over her.
She stared at Odalys, unable to process the fact that she had actually come.
“You wanted to infern her, right? Well, I thought Id let you do it yourself. I’m sure this medicine is very expensive. Don’t you think?
“Wasting on an adopted daughter like Freya seems like such a waste,” Odalys
you? That’s the perfect hi“
Her calm smile imitated Edie,
said with a calm smile, her tone almost mocking “But using it o
Fixed her eyes un Odalys, Edie opened her mouth, but the agony from the injection forced her to take a step back, collapsing heavily onto the
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“Call an ambulance! Someone, please, call.
ambulance“” Edie shouted weakly. But dalys didn’t move. Neither did Freya.
Both stood at the door of the apartment, looking down at her with cold, unmoving eyes
She had lived almost fifty years without ever feeling so atrand
She had once been the wife of Percival’s father, treated with the utmost respect. Even a small cut on her finger would have doctors attending to her imunediately, and the finest overseas physicians would examine her.
But now, after a single night, she was nothing
“After waking up in the hospital she realized just how quickly everything had unraveled.
Even Oliver, who had once been close to her, was now avoiding her. She had spent the entire day in the hospital, but Oliver never showed up. Not a single wealthy madam who had once been her friend had come to visit either
It wasn’t until she saw the official announcement from the Stewart family that she truly panicked. She tried to use her credit card to settle the bill, only to find her bank accounts frozen. Her properties had been reclaimed.
In just one day, she had lost everything.
