The Cursed Heiress

visible tension, like a change in the air. She s

lan to avoid me

was close.

rned s

sed on his chest. A shadow on his face, but his g

e replied immediately, t

le stretche

e times that you change manage

would follow her. He was too

ave time fo

is way. Not threatening, no. Just what it took to make him u

ve to t

for a fault in his expressio

nothing t

isten

gs were jostling in her. The anonymous message. Armand's p

ration and cro

e min

aiting, he guided her towa

strange sensation in the hollow of his belly. It

was

*

ome resea

cleaver, and Zoé felt h

ard

ith an intensity whic

do you act as if you wanted to disappear. W

short, almost

n overflowin

t a good

e, a silent struggle

o you wa

cond before

e tr

head, a thrill

uldn't s

diately, but she saw h

ry

er heart a

close. Too

.. she lo

k a ste

spered before t

wo steps than one han

fr

se of the

at she felt a

at, famil

, and she turned her

g it with the

so fe

rm from her embrac

't to

short, his diso

id not

she

ust made

isible weight that none of them seemed to be able to ignore. She felt the world tightening around her, each beat of her

éo was not just a curious man. He knew. He knew that something much more complex was hiding behind his appe

alm but determined voice

nexplicable force, like a magnetism which irresistibly attracted him to him. But she was afra

d to him.

anted that, Théo.

to emanate from him. But, at that time, a cry pierced at

was that of a ma

. ? Théo wa

ed in the air. The wind rose suddenly, blowing a harsh and metallic

grabbed Théo's arm a

's fl

ut asking questions. They rushed into the dark alleys, t

did not leave them. Zoé felt this heavy, threatening presence, which wa

going on? Théo

t him over h

. Those of my family

nger this time, as if the earth itself sought to repel them. The air took

itting the ground with a crash. T

oked at Théo, who looked at her, her face marked by a concern that contrasts with th

he city, she says, her vo

eys to run towards the woods that stretched outside the city. But every se

to melt on its prey. Zoé felt her breathing cut herself, and the

ut hesitation. But the footsteps of steps that were getting closer to

ispered Zoé, the alm

suddenly appearing at the end of the aisle. The wind

her

nderstood. They

flee, Zoé, now

crossing the street at full speed. The wind whipped hi

ise of refuge. But Zoé knew that no place was far enough to allow them to escap

ere tr

ossed the first hedges, the earth trembled again. A beast cry was heard, c

frantically looking for a way to flee. But Zoé knew that

rned t

e my

her, hesitati

at i

me. Take

h invaded her body. A shiver crossed his spine. The roots under th

forest. They ran together in the dark, a frantic race towards the unknown, towa

d them was closer. They were still far from the goa