Betrayed by Blood: My Second Life as a Queen novel Chapter 293

Sterling caught the brief pause in Willow's movements. His gaze darkened slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Willow tossed the locket back to Tessa.

Sterling raised an eyebrow. Had she really not noticed the discrepancy?

Then again, no matter how clever she was, she was still just a girl. Overlooking a few minor details was perfectly understandable.

Moreover...

A malicious gleam flickered in Sterling's eyes. The Willow from his past life definitely hadn't known the truth behind her parents' deaths, had she?

The secret had been buried so flawlessly that if it weren't for that sudden, hyper-realistic dream, Sterling wouldn't have known about it either.

Given the current chaos, there was no way Willow had the mental bandwidth to figure it out.

Sterling was in an exceptionally good mood. He glanced sideways at Lucian, who was standing there with his head lowered, lost in thought.

Unable to resist, Sterling leaned in close, his voice dropping to a whisper meant only for the two of them. "Aren't you curious why I'm not dead yet, brother?"

Lucian shifted his calm, unbothered gaze toward him.

Sterling sighed dramatically. "Don't look at me like that. Yesterday at Westwood Manor... you ordered that car, didn't you? You knew my mobility was compromised and tried to run me down. Such a pity you failed again. I'm a tough bastard to kill, brother. The Reaper doesn't want me. But your life? That's a different story. Tell me, if I ripped away every single thing you cared about, would you break down and sob on your knees?"

After all, Lucian wasn't as remarkably lucky as him. It hadn't just been a dream—Sterling had awoken with an entire lifetime of memories in his head.

Yes, there was a specific word in Western fiction that described this perfectly: Reincarnation.

Sterling tilted his head, his eyes deep pools of chilling apathy. When the memories first flooded his mind, his initial reaction had been absolute disbelief. But after carefully cross-referencing major historical events, he began to notice the subtle deviations.

The only reason Lucian hadn't been permanently crippled during that assassination attempt was because Willow had taken him in.

And Willow herself was an anomaly. Her entire destiny had been flipped upside down.

The Sterling from the previous life had investigated her thoroughly. Since she was the first love Lucian had buried deep in his heart, there was no way Sterling would have ignored her existence.

He couldn't say he knew every microscopic detail of Willow's life, but he was fully aware of all the critical milestones.

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