Chapter 362\u00a0<\/p>\n
Avril tried to reassure her friends. \u201cDon\u2019t worry. Haskell is here. They wouldn\u2019t dare try anything\u00a0<\/p>\n
funny.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The three girls glanced at Haskell, whose expression remained calm and unchanged, and nodded. Their families were also prominent in Regal City. If Paxton and Vivica laid a hand on them, their parents would make them pay dearly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kiernan was furious. \u201cYou ungrateful whelp! Do you have any idea what you\u2019re doing? Get these men out of here now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton was unmoved. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Dad, but since you\u2019ve already declared you\u2019re no longer the head of this family, I don\u2019t have to listen to you. Vivica, go and bring in the two masters to examine him!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRight away.\u201d Vivica hurried down the hallway.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ziggy and Glor\u00eda glared at the approaching bodyguards. \u201cPaxton, you\u2019ve got a lot of nerve!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton\u2019s voice was cold. \u201cAs long as you don\u2019t resist, I won\u2019t harm you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gloria noticed her sons tensing up and commanded in a low voice, \u201cDon\u2019t move. Let them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only then did the five men abandon the thought of fighting back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soon, everyone was tied up except for Larissa, Haskell, and Crispin, who stood behind Haskell\u2019s wheelchair. When two bodyguards reached for Larissa, their hands suddenly went numb, the skin rapidly turning a dark, purplish\u2013black. They recoiled in terror, staring at their discolored hands in\u00a0<\/p>\n
panic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa twirled a silver needle between her fingers. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t get any closer if I were you,\u201d she said casually. \u201cI\u2019m poisonous to the touch.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton frowned. \u201cBack off. Stay away from her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The guards immediately retreated from the trio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if we can\u2019t tie you up, Larissa,\u201d Paxton threatened. \u201cBut if you make a single move, your parents will be in danger!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa\u2019s eyes narrowed. \u201cAnd if you touch my parents, your son Finley will be next, and Leopold will\u00a0<\/p>\n
never wake up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paxton snorted. He would let her bluff for a little longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A moment later, Vivica returned with two elderly men. \u201cMasters, please examine Kiernan,\u201d she said gravely. \u201cWe need to know if he\u2019s been possessed or hexed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She then turned to the Lincolns. \u201cI hope you\u2019ll bear witness to this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Since Helena\u2019s goal was to deal with Larissa, she readily agreed. \u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lucius simply grunted in assent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the men, dressed in a gray ritual robe, stepped forward holding a small parchment. He burned it in front of Kiernan and began chanting, his eyes closed. After a long moment, he opened them and\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
TOME\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 362\u00a0<\/p>\n
shook his head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said to Paxton and Vivica, \u201cKiernan is not possessed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Vivica nodded. \u201cThank you for your efforts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She then turned to the other man, an old shaman in traditional attire. \u201cMaster Bryant, please check if he\u2019s been hexed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She had already given Bryant his instructions: even if he found nothing, he was to plant a cursed artifact on Kiernan to fabricate proof.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that in mind, Vivica shot a venomous look at Larissa. \u201cIf Kiernan has been hexed, you\u2019re finished!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Larissa just laughed. \u201cThe only ones finished here are you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The old man, Master Bryant, said nothing. He approached with a string of bells, but instead of walking toward Kiernan, he stopped in front of Larissa and smiled warmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLarissa, it\u2019s been a long time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 363\u00a0<\/p>\n
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