StartNovelChapter 706 Tangled Bloodlines
The faint brush of Marie's weak struggle-if one hadn’t known her before-could easily be mistaken for the gentle
nuzzle of a kitten.
And the way she cursed him, breathless and soft, only made her look like a ruffled little cat with no claws left.
At the words “hard-to-get,” she'd already been fuming. Now Derrick dared accuse her of “rubbing against him“?
That made her snap.
“Who the hell's rubbing on you? You stink so bad I'd suffocate before I did that!”
Her fury was adorable, a puffed-up kitten baring tiny teeth.
Derrick chuckled low. “See? You're doing it again.”
He held her wrist with ease, no resistance at all. Something that never would have happened with the old Marie.
And when she failed to break free, she looked exactly as he said—fragile, like scoy debutante pretending to
resist.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSebastian watched the scene, and to him it looked like bickering lovers.
He cleared his throat twice. “Con, let's go. Don’t disturb their... newlywed moment.”
He waved the others off and even slung an arm around Sophia's shoulder, steering her toward a car. “Don’t
worry, they're together. Safe and perfectly legal.”
“Wait, that’s not-” Sophia started.
She wanted to explain Marie was still under the drug's effect.
But Marie was already exploding from Derrick and Sebastian's teasing.
“I was drugged, you idiots! Can't you see?”
The word drugged killed the air in an instant.
Danger flickered across Derrick’s face.
Sebastian, uneasy, asked, “Should we leave now? | can request a jet immediately. This is Dan’s turf-we shouldn't
linger.”
But Derrick’s gaze dropped to the limp woman in his arms. A cold laugh escaped him. “Leave?
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No. I'm staying in Noctarth for a week.”
“A week?”
Sebastian understood at once-Derrick wanted revenge.
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Dan had done many things, but drugging Marie? That was a blade straight into Derrick’s lungs.
“Don’t joke around,” Marie muttered.
“Weren't you looking for Tessa? Have you even found her?”
Marie was speechless.
The nmade her chest ache. She looked at Sophia.
Sophia quickly told Derrick she had already searched the entire castle-no trace of Tessa.
Derrick’s gaze returned to Marie, darker now, weighing thoughts. Then he spoke. “What if Dale
took her?”
Marie blinked. “Dale?”
That was Tessa’s father.
The former head of Ashen Pact. If he wanted to spirit her away, no one could stop him.
“But... he’s her father,” Marie said, conflicted.
If Dale had taken Tessa, wouldn't she be safer than with Dan?
After all, he wouldn't harm his own daughter.
Derrick
gave a sharp laugh. “Letremind you-Dale’s first two wives were nothing but tools. He never loved Diana, nor
Dan’s mother. And he sure as hell never cared for their children.”
His voice turned cold. “So tell me-do you still think Tessa is safe with him?”
Marie couldn't say a word.
The truth hit like ice water.
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