Stolen Luck

from his trip, and the moment h

what are you doing back here? You're

nd her away! She's not my granddaught

runt of the cane. "Reece, what are you doing?

now!" Reece shouted, his voice trembling wit

as so terrified

The ritual required two conditions. First, the blood of a close relative was required, and s

, the transferred fortune would gradually d

d for the ritual would suffer th

hen, and now he was terrified of the backlash. Tha

of the ritual Reece had perf

nd presented him with a DNA test report to prove my i

ou're acting like this, but Madalyn is my d

ry. "You've lost your mind! Why keep a girl with a disability

till alive, and as long as I am, no o

ce must be exhausted from his trip. His mind

nd stepped forwar

curse. "She has to

her around? She's useless. You should be satisfied with a genius son l

. How can you say such things?"

n admit she's related to me. I agree with Grandpa. She should leav

room fell i

d reassured me, "Don't worry. As long as

om, I'll study hard and get into a

"Silly girl, all I want is

abinet and pulled out a small, inconspic

at Nicolas' house. One night, I was so hungr

tover food under a tree by the outer wall. Sometimes it was bones, so

t, I encountered the man who had pe

revealed the truth about the ritual that Reece r

ed that if I wrote two names on the paper and burned

ep in thought about

er brightly dyed hair and dramatic smoky

out. Don't tell me you're here to beg me to take you

offee and said, "I h

a moment. "So what if I do? I'l

our carefree lifestyle, but he's too shy to admit it. If you take him out a few

smile. "Really? I knew it! I

threw myself into m

y tutor, I was mak

ed by my encouragement, her

inced Erik to skip cla

ven think about ratting me out. If our mom

worry about you," I replied, he

our place," Erik sneered b

ade sure to cover for them. They could

ipping class became a

ked up smoking, drinking, and gami

Erik would sneak in

ed and had severa

ig deal if I play? I still rank at the t

azy in studying, he still

ranked third, losing the first p

he teacher sai

g a blind eye, Erik bec

gaming and often s

ligently, eventually catching up t

y eligible to attend sc

ty High School, placing

d often helped me out beca

rd work was pointless since I only managed to get into a

im "brother" at school, not wanti

udy hard, get into a good university,

notonous, so gossip often bec

as pursuing the school beauty. For several day

"Aren't you with Nicolas? We

ink someone like me would be interested in a country bumpkin lik

looks and talent, only someone like the

d the rumors, she

you say Erik liked me? Then what's thi

didn't like you, why would he spend so much time with you? Don't worry. Hi

braid and tugged. "

self. A chaotic pair destined for each oth