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There was no way Marie could face Victor herself.
Marie was stunned.
Send Abraham?
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The thought of her brother’s temper made her wince–but Sophia was right. If anyone could deal with Victor right now, it was Abraham.
She dialed him immediately.
Abraham had been enjoying a rare stretch of peace. Ever since Victor had started tailing Derrick, he hadn’t shown up at the Dawson estate once.
So when Marie’s call came through, Abraham was surprised. “Already surfacing? That’s fast.”
He’d expected her to lie low longer. When he took Ste away, she’d stayed hidden for over a month. Tessa? Barely twenty days.
Marie’s voice was tense. “It’s bad.”
Abraham went quiet.
Ste, nearby, was trimming thorns off a rose stem. But the second she heard Marie’s tone, her hand slipped–and the thorn sliced her finger.
She hissed in pain, dropping the scissors to check her wound, only for Abraham’srge hand to grab her wrist.
A bead of blood welled up on her fingertip. Abraham’s expression darkened.
He turned on the speakerphone, set the phone down, and gestured to the butler nearby.
The butler nodded and hurried off to get the first aid kit.
While disinfecting Ste’s finger, Abraham’s tone sharpened. “What happened?”
“It’s Tessa,”
Abraham went silent.
Ste froze too.
The moment Marie mentioned Tessa, the hand Abraham held stiffened slightly.
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Clearly, Ste was panicking.
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Abraham frowned and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze as the butler returned with the kit.
He cleaned the cut carefully, irritation growing in his voice. “What about her?”
“She was taken. Bro, I swear, this is serious. I don’t even know how to face Victor anymore. When he finds out, he’s going to hunt me down.”
Marie knew exactly what Victor was like.
Sure, he’d been working with Abraham all these years, but everyone knew how calcting he
was.
And once he turned on someone, he was like a venomous snake–impossible to shake off.
The reason he’d stayed loyal was because Abraham gave him what he needed.
But this was different.
Tessa was clearly his soft spot–his one bottom line.
And something had happened to her… under Marie’s watch.
Marie felt her scalp go numb.
Ste’s breath hitched. “W–what kind of serious?
The second she heard Marie’s worried tone, herposure cracked.
“Star?”
“What exactly happened?”
“I… I…” Marie faltered.
She couldn’t bring herself to say it: that Tessa might’ve been assaulted and killed by Dan’s people.
Ste cherished that best friend. She couldn’t risk traumatizing her.
“Just tell me!”
“I… I…” Marie stammered, throat dry.
Abraham nced at Ste. Their eyes met, and Ste gripped his hand tightly.
The panic in her eyes said it all–if she didn’t get an answer, her imagination would only make things worse.
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Abraham frowned deeply. His voice over the phone turned cold. “Speak.”
One word. Harsh and unforgiving.
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Marie swallowed hard. “She might’ve been… taken by Dan’s people, and… assaulted… then killed.”
Silence.
Abraham didn’t move.
Ste didn’t blink.
The room fell into a vacuum of shock.
Ice spread from Abraham’s body like a storm. “Under your care–taken by Dan’s people and what? Are you joking, Marie?“.
“I–I… I don’t know what else to think,” she stammered.
That wrecked room, those torn clothes–it had looked like the worst possible oue.
“I just—if we’re lucky, maybe it’s not that bad, but…” Her voice trailed off.
But if Tessa really was in Dan’s hands… then what good oue could there possibly be?
After that call-
Ste copsed emotionally.
She couldn’t believe things hade to this. In her heart, Marie had always been reliable.
And now…
After hanging up, Abraham focused all his energy on calming her down.
“Don’t panic. It might not be as bad as it looks.”
He pulled Ste into hisp. She looked up at him, eyes wide and teary
She couldn’t speak,
“Star.”
“I just wanted to help Tessa,” she whispered.
And now,
it felt like they’d thrown her into a den of wolves.
If she didn’t have the strength to protect herself, there was no way she could survive Ashen
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Pact.
Especially not now.
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Diana’s enemies were everywhere. Half of Ashen Pact was against her. Dale. Dan. The rest… who knew?
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