Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2310

Two years ago, in the final round of the mystical tournament, the duel Louise designed was to defeat the "enemy" buried deepest in one's heart within an isolated domain.

Back then, what appeared before Lexie was the Unmelting Bone in its complete form.

Though the lure today was crafted differently, it was no different to Lexie.

Looking back now, one couldn't help but admire Louise's foresight as a powerful demon. Who would have expected her to predict the hurdles they might face ahead of time?

Having personally defeated the fully formed Unmelting Bone once, Lexie naturally wouldn't fall for the same mental manipulation again.

Malice from the depths of her heart had long since been nonexistent. She'd beaten that malice to death herself.

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As for Shannon, she admitted that when those words spilled from Thalia's mouth, there had been a flicker of wavering in her heart. It was a faint, nearly imperceptible tug on her heartstrings, but nothing more than that.

If Vlad had tried to go deeper, he would have discovered that those heartstrings were not tempted by the malice he wished to stoke.

"Everything you spoke of was the past, but now, I'm no longer alone."

Now, she had friends, family, and a lover.

As if summoned by her conviction, figures emerged in the void behind Vlad; people who always held an important place in her heart.

Mike stood within the barrier playing his singing bowl. Beside him were Hector and Benjamin, standing side by side as their eyes met hers through the array.

For a second, Shannon froze. That was when she realized those figures weren't illusions conjured by her domain. Instead, it was a connection Mike had managed to establish after returning to their world.