The Ultimate Reborn Heiress (Scarlett) novel Chapter 280

Chapter 280 The Warning in the Flames

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Seeing something like this in real life felt strange, almost unbelievable.

Vince finally snapped out of his shock and shouted at her. “Hey! What are you doing? Where did you come from? This is dangerous! Move away from here right now!”

The girl drawing on the ground was none other than Scarlett.

She was creating a magical array.

An Astral Array.

Just hearing the name explained its purpose.

Drawing the array alone wasn’t enough. The hand sigils and the chant were the most important

parts.

Those were what allowed her energy to flow into the circle.

When enough energy filled the array, would it truly work?

But Scarlett’s strength was barely enough to complete it.

She heard the firefighter shouting beside her, but she had no time to answer.

Her fingers moved faster and faster as she formed the final hand signs. At the same time, she quietly whispered a chant.

Sterling recognized her. He stammered, “H-Hey… Vince… th-that’s Scarlett. She’s… she’s a celebrity.”

Vince didn’t care whether she was famous or not.

This was a fire disaster. It was extremely dangerous. Everyone had already been evacuated. Yet this girl had run straight into the danger zone.

“Sterling, Vince ordered, “pull her away from here.”

Sterling knew it was dangerous too. He didn’t understand why Scarlett was here.

He reached out and grabbed her arm, trying to pull her away.

But when he pulled… She didn’t move.

Sterling blinked and stared at her arm. He had clearly grabbed it, but she wouldn’t budge. It felt like she was rooted on the ground.

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He pulled harder. Still nothing.

Sterling’s face turned red with effort.

Vince frowned. “Sterling, what are you doing?”

Sterling looked miserable. “V-Vince, I can’t pull her away.”

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He didn’t dare say what it really felt like. Scarlett seemed welded to the ground. No matter how hard he pulled, she wouldn’t move at all.

Vince glanced at the girl. She looked so slender and thin.

How could Sterling not pull her away?

Vince grabbed Scarlett’s arm himself, planning to drag her away.

He couldn’t waste any more time. He still had to rush inside and carry out the propane tanks.

He pulled once. She didn’t move.

He used more strength. Still nothing.

Vince froze for a moment.

Just a second ago, he thought Sterling was holding back because the girl was pretty and he didn’t want to be rough with her.

But now even he couldn’t move her?

What was going on?

At that moment, several firefighters noticed something else. Scarlett’s face had been rosy before, but now it suddenly turned pale. All the color drained from her face in an instant.

Vince jumped in shock.

He thought he had accidentally hurt her.

He even began to stutter.

“H-Hey, what’s wrong with you? This place is dangerous. You can’t stay here. W-We’re trying to help you.”

At that moment, Scarlett forced out the final hand sign. She also spoke the last line of the chant.

Suddenly a metallic, bloody taste rushed up her throat from deep in her chest.

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She forced herself to swallow it back down.

Only then did Scarlett look up at Vince.

“You can’t go inside. The owner lied. There’s more than just propane tanks in there. There are probably other explosive chemicals too.”

Earlier, when Vince asked the owner if there were dangerous materials inside the shop, Scarlett had already noticed something. The owner’s face had looked strange for a moment. He said no. But his expression-and the small movements he made while speaking-clearly showed that he was lying.

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