The Wrong Girl and the Wronged Girl (Stella and Ethan) novel Chapter 798
Chapter 798 The Weight of Ashen Pact
“Lina!”
Artemis’s voice snapped like a whip. She yanked her daughter’s hand hard.
“What nonsense are you spouting?”
“But Father-”
“I said Ashen Pact comes first!”
Lina’s words were cut off before she could finish.
Her eyes glistened with hurt as she stared back at her mother.
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Artemis’s tone was sharp and deliberate. “If your father wants to go, then remember—she is still his daughter.”
Lina froze.
At that sentence, the darkness in her gaze sharpened into defiance, her expression twisted with ruthless rebellion.
At last, Dale rose from his chair and strode out of the study.
On the road leaving Black Mountain, Trevor reported the address where Tessa and Victor were currently staying.
Back in Black Mountain, Lina turned furiously on her mother. “Why are you doing this? I’ll never accept that slut as my sister!”
Her father had no other children worth acknowledging. Not ones born outside Artemis. Anyone else was unworthy.
Artemis’s eyes flashed cold as steel. “Right now, Ashen Pact matters more than your pride.”
Her words were ground out with weight in every syllable.
“Mother, you-”
“As long as Ashen Pact survives, what difference does it make if there’s one more Tessa? We’ve already endured Dan for years, haven’t we?”
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The mention of Dan darkened both Lina and Manny’s faces.
“Enduring Dan was already more than enough,” Lina spat. “Now another Tessa?”
She couldn’t stomach it. All she wanted was to tear Tessa apart.
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Artemis knew her daughter’s temper all too well. Her voice turned icy. “You’d better keep yourself in check. If anything happens to her here in Noctarth, Ashen Pact won’t survive the fallout.”
Lina’s fury only deepened. “So what then? From the way you sounded, you’re ready to let Father bring her back here!”
“If bringing her back will ease Ashen Pact’s crisis, then yes–it’s possible.”
“Mother!”
Lina stamped her foot in rage.
They had fought for years to push Dan out of Black Mountain.
And now, if Tessa came back…
“This is our home. Ours!” Lina roared. “I won’t accept some outsider living here!”
And worse–an outsider who was her father’s bastard.
Manny’s jaw clenched in pain. The bandaged wound across his face throbbed with every word.
That bastard Dan….
The thought of Tessa being brought back under their roof made his chest burn. “I don’t agree either.”
He made his stance clear.
Artemis’s expression stayed cold. “It isn’t about your agreement. If she chooses to come back, that’s enough.”
Because if Tessa agreed to return, it would mean Ashen Pact’s disaster might end quickly.
Manny and Lina exchanged a look. In their eyes, a shared flash of venom.
They would never accept it. No matter what.
Artemis herself didn’t want it either.
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But still-“You both need to understand something. Tessa might be the key to Ashen Pact surviving this trial.”
Admitting it left a bitter taste.
But the truth was undeniable: the chaos had begun the moment her name was invoked.
Neither Manny nor Lina replied, though their silence brimmed with defiance.
Artemis turned on Manny. “And another thing–you need to find Diana.”
Diana…
Victor had wielded Tessa’s name as a pretext to strike. Even Marie and Derrick had joined the attack.
Why was Tessa on their side? Because of Diana.
So the most urgent task now was to find that woman.
Lina scoffed bitterly. “And then what? Bring Diana back too? Let her and her bastard daughter live here together? Let Father have his happy reunion? Then what place is left for us in Ashen Pact? What home is this Black Mountain for us?”
Her emotions spiraled out of control.
When she was little, Dan had already stolen her father’s attention–enough times that he skipped her school events just to see him.
And now, with Dan finally pushed aside, another Tessa appeared.
Lina’s chest ached with fury she couldn’t swallow.
Artemis pressed her fingers to her temple, head pounding. “Enough! I told you, Ashen Pact comes first!”
She snapped the words, silencing Lina at last.
Tessa and Diana–they might dare to dream of coming back.
But not while she still breathed.
Artemis would never allow it.
Though Lina clamped her mouth shut, her sulking face made her resentment clear.
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Ch 489 Doesn’t this prove that Dan doesn’t actually have amnesia? Why would he go to the island with a strange woman and why would he steal from Derrick? He doesn’t know them....
Ch 488 I feel like this is going to be what Stella stole in his study in Pagenda or wherever his estate was....
Ch 485 I thought it was going to be the Reed family mine that she robbed, thus taking the Keenes product and leaving them in that situation....
Ch 483 o then, how did the Reeds fine her? How did they not know where she was from?...
Ch 477 Definitely hidden pedo in here, referring to tiny women as little girls in every way possible....
Ch 468 How could Stella inherit her adopted father’s weak stomach constitution?...
Ch 468 Abraham and Marie’s mother has been called Evelyn, Diane and Loretta.. which is it? Evelyn has been the most used....
Ch 465 She still doesn’t know the mistress is Lillian’s aunt?...
Ch 464 Why didn’t she kick her out herself be for she went to attack the mistress…...
Ch 463 This is stupid now. I understand being scared in his presence enough to not think straight, but she’s a lone more often than not and has plenty of time to think things through, especially if she has time to get gossip from Rivermount and report to Stella....