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