Rebirth Of Revenge

ly'

an unspoken tension that pressed against

tween us, punctuated by the occasional shuffle

de of the door, with me in the m

t daughter of the Zu family. I should have felt victorio

ere, in this family,

in tragedy. And yet, sitting in the same car with the same parents who had once cast me asid

they do it again? Would they

ll have a family meeting when we get ho

tiffly. "Your sist

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t child while painting me as useless, wicked, and unworthy. The lies had turned our parents, our brother, the entire househ

resh wounds. But this time

be a victim, but to mak

undlessly, and the car rolled through the long driveway, stopping before the grand ent

artbeat steady, my e

my baby," my mu

I said t

was home, only to be proven

my own place in this house-wh

ff, the people who had once served me, who had whispered about m

grand sitting r

xpression composed, as though this entire sit

is arms crossed over his chest, his sharp eye

r gazes, u

m. "From now on, you will live here

jus

e word for a

so completely. "Sister," she said softly, tilting her head in a way that

tly. "Not at all. I

ugh Sonia's eyes. She hadn't expec

or me to act weak, unsure-like be

your identity doesn't mean we can pretend the past never happened. You were rai

er. The one who had once cared for me as a child, on

ing, Brother. I only ask that w

laugh. "Of course. We

gaze for a moment longer before turnin

. "We've prepared a room for

the grand staircase. As I ascended, I felt

the viper's den. But this

lding the blade"