The Cursed Heiress

é immediately felt him. It was not the first time that she faced this kind of

did not notice anything, and advanced in the crowd, ignoring the stealthy

the others. When they finally looked, an invisible tension settled together. He stood near the ba

she had no choice. She had to find the one who tracked her, the one who knew the tru

orced lightness. But she knew. These people not only saw an heir a little too secret. They perceived the a

r. A man with severe featu

. The heiress of the

d intrusive curiosity there, barely mask

swer, otherwise you would

ile passed ov

here. It is said that you av

d, capturing the unhealthy

ou have to be

d got closer. She didn't look at him, but

ked away in the crowd. Zoé followed her silhouette of the gaze. He was not his main

as rec

ind her. His voic

kn

ing his glass o

looking fo

tand whoever want

ith an intensity that could have wag

you were t

ked up

that it is I w

ting and hunter. Maybe it's not you who shoul

had been in a defensive posture. What if, on the contrary,

seeking to regain con

re tonight who knows

odded

efore it finds a way

rstand that she was not alone in this fight. She hesitated for a moment, then

oo interested in their presence. Zoé scanned each expression, each s

she s

im. He didn't look at her directly, but she felt that her atte

e knew she had spotted it

et go of Théo and launc

Zo

slow down. S

ted corridor. Zoé followed him, the sound of

ner, he stopped, as if

I would have thought

eps from him, keepin

o ar

a smile wit

ne who knows

breath block

you gett

should never

a vertigo

do yo

rds her, and the air aro

d. This is an error that should have been eras

ld invade

I never asked to be

t you ar

an imperceptible shadow

her power awakening in her, but

ut warning,

s from her face. His instinct took over. She jumped back, prepar

, as sudden

moment, seeking to underst

and landed

Zo

h

und, her breat

whispered. He

her jaw, h

going to

just the start. The start of a hunt fo

en a strange silence settled, as suspended in time. Zoé did not have the l

he asphalt. A car immobilized a few meters further, an open door, a woman in shock. Eve

angle, and a notch marked his forehead. Too much blood. Too much pain. Zoé

Not

the boy's moan broke his concentration. Her power poured out of her before she could hold him back. His

absorbed under his fingers. Zoé knew that she had to stop, that

s attention. His gaze met that

d see

dark look riveted on her with disconcerting intensity. He did n

child, his eyes still fogged with tear

it doesn't

ed up, the blood beating at her temples. The woman who ha

.. How is

answer. Sh

away before someone else realizes the impossible

rying to spe

ared in the adjacent alley, her

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hands. She had done what should not be. Exposed. She was now, and

wa

belief. There was something else, a kind of recognitio

lly stopping to catch her breath. But a vo

pres

rned s

as t

f a disturbing gray. An imposing aura that seemed to follow him like a shadow. He

to breathe slowly,

w what you're

mile passed

exactly what I

he was not going to g

and she stiffens, ready to f

led her.

calm, but there was an unde

re you,

nched h

rl who was

an eyebro

es injuries in se

de of the cheek so as no

t what

as if he evalu

to give orders to th

hose who kn

e charged with inexplicable tension,

urprise, he sm

t forget

mach wa

you kno

d slightly, wit

r of fear. Just a strange certainty, as if h

ck, finally break

l see ag

y moving away, as if he left her time

rner of the street, she felt

wa

ession that he already knew m