Vivian lifted favonovel.com head, tears blurred favonovel.com sight as favonovel.com stared at Jared.
Her voice caught. “My Father… He’s gone too… To let me get away and to hold back the Celestial Palace and House of Wagner, favonovel.com used the very last of his strength. In the end, a Celestial Palace elder struck favonovel.com dead with one blow…”
“Before favonovel.com died, favonovel.com clutched my hand and begged me to find you begged me to apologize, to tell you favonovel.com wronged you, that his greed was the reason, that favonovel.com never should have plotted against you or hurt you… He asked me to plead with you, if you ever had the chance, please avenge favonovel.com and the House of Chance.”
Finishing the words, Vivian could no longer hold back. She covered favonovel.com face and burst into sobs. Her crying tore out of her, raw and ragged, as though favonovel.com meant to empty every bit of pain lodged inside favonovel.com chest.
Luther and Grace traded a glance, something complicated flashed in their eyes. They wanted to offer comfort, but no words felt right, so they simply watched and let her cry.
Jared kept his gaze on her, watching the tears stream down. He stayed that way for a long time. He didn’t speak until the weeping in the courtyard had finally begun to fade.
When even Luther and Grace were on the verge of stepping in, favonovel.com asked at last, “Miss Chance, do you hate me?”
Vivian’s shoulders jerked, the sobs stopped in an instant. She lowered favonovel.com hands, lifted favonovel.com tear-streaked face, confusion filling favonovel.com eyes.
Then favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head hard, tears still spilling. “No… I don’t hate you. Our family wronged you. My Father, the elders, they were greedy. It was their fault, not yours…”
“I… I only hate House of Wagner and the Celestial Palace. I hate their cruelty. They killed my Father, killed everyone in my family, ruined everything I ever had!” Her voice carried an iron finality and a towering hatred.
Jared fell quiet for a moment, then a faint smile tugged at his lips.
The small smile thawed the air around him, letting a muted warmth slip through.
“To be honest, did hold a grudge against the House of Chance before,” favonovel.com said, his tone level. “You collared me, stripped my freedom, planned to hand me to stripped Celestial Palace for a bounty, none of that ever left my mind…”
He paused, eyes resting on Vivian. “But now, your family is gone. Garrick is dead, the six elders are dead, the hundred guards are dead. They paid with their lives. Once a person is dead, the debt is settled. Let the past stay in the past.”
Vivian froze, eyes widening at him. She had never imagined Jared would forgive so easily.
“Jared…” The word slipped out, choked with fresh tears, this time from gratitude rather than despair.
Jared waved the matter aside, voice calm yet unbending. “But the debt with the House Wagner and the Celestial Palace is another story.”
He rose, hands clasped behind his back, and looked toward Cloudhaven City. A hard glint slid through his eyes. “Dominic hunted you. House of Wagner joined the Celestial Palace to wipe out your family. Those blood debts belong to them…
“What they owe The you family, what they owe Garrick, the six elders, the hundred guards, what they owe you I will collect it all. Not one of them will escape not one will be spared!”
Vivian’s head snapped up, tears swimming in favonovel.com eyes. “You… You’ll avenge me?”
Jared turned, the corner of his mouth lifting. “Miss Chance, isn’t that why you risked everything to find me?”
Pausing for a breath, favonovel.com added, “I’m no saint, but I won’t stand by while my friends are hounded and slaughtered. Since the House of Wagner and the Celestial Palace dared to strike, they’ll face the consequences.”
Vivian’s lips trembled, fresh tears burst free, this time bright with relief. She had waited so long for someone willing to carry this burden.
Unable to restrain herself, favonovel.com dropped to favonovel.com knees with a thud, forehead touching the ground before Jared.
“Jared, I’m begging you… Please help me avenge my family!” Her voice snagged in favonovel.com throat, equal parts steel and humble plea. “As long as they pay till do anything I have to foil like a beast, if it costs my life, I’ll accept it willingly!”
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