Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 1007

Chapter 1007 Lure The Parasite King

Catherine gently pushed Simon to the side with her hand.

Simon worried that Eunice might harm her, so he couldn't help but frown and say, “Stay away from her. That woman is vicious. You may cherish the bond of sisterhood, but she won't. If you hand her a knife now, she will stab it right at your heart without even batting an eye.”

Catherine grasped his hand, interlocking their fingers, offering him a silent reassurance.

As she lifted her gaze, she caught Eunice's expression marred with resentment.

“Don't look at me with those eyes. I don't owe you anything. On the contrary, you're the one who has been scheming against me all these years. I've never done anything against you, so you should consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, do you think you could have survived to this day?”

Eunice gritted her teeth, forcefully suppressing the rage within her heart.

She absolutely detested how Catherine looked down at her with such an arrogant attitude. Even though they were both daughters of the Rogers family, the difference in their treatment was as vast as heaven and earth.

Why should she be the one to keep the peace?

“You're right. You don't owe me anything but stand in my way. My desires will forever be out of my reach for as long as you live. I've known it since I was a child. That was why I've been targeting you all these years. Don't blame me since you forced me to feel such envy. Everyone is after their own best interest, let alone the position of the head of a family. There's no way I'm handing it over to you for nothing.”

With a wistful smile, Catherine looked at her with a gaze filled with pity.

“Do you really think that your father will support your rise to power after bringing me down? No, you're mistaken. He merely sees you as a pawn. A pawn to aid your brother, Wilbur's ascension to the position. Just like me. My father constantly voiced his wish for me to become the head of the Rogers family. However, his true intention was to support my younger brother to take the position. In his eyes, I'm nothing more than a stepping stone for his son's succession. His constant emphasis on making me the heir over these years was merely an attempt to cast the limelight on me so that those overt and covert schemes were directed at me. Look, this is the sorrow of a daughter born into a prestigious family. No matter how hard you try, you are destined to be a pawn that can be sacrificed at any moment.”

Eunice's features contorted slightly at her argument. She kept retreating as if she had lost her soul.

“That's impossible! My dad told me to deal with you, claiming he would help me rise to power as long as I drag you down. You're trying to sow discord between my dad and me, aren't you? Yes, that must be it! I'm sure of it!”

Catherine sneered with a laugh, “The sun has risen, and it's time to snap out of your dream. Now that the entire Rogers family has been thoroughly reshuffled, you will never become the head of the family.”

Eunice suddenly shivered as if struck by a thought. She burst into laughter. “I haven't lost. The parasitic poison has no cure. Even if I can't take the position of the head of the family from you, I can still make you suffer the pain of losing a daughter.”

The expressions on Simon and Catherine's faces turned grave.

Eunice's words had struck them where it hurt.

Indeed, they captured Eunice, but the price they paid was their daughter's life.

“I will kill you!” Simon roared in fury, pulling a dagger from his waist, lunging toward Eunice, and aiming it at her heart.

Eunice laughed maniacally, slowly closing her eyes, quietly waiting for the Grim Reaper's call.

Three seconds had passed, but the anticipated pain did not come. Somewhat puzzled, she opened her eyes.

Before her eyes, she saw Catherine gripping Simon's arm, forcing him to halt his attack mid-air.

“Catherine, step aside. I'm going to kill this vile creature.”

Catherine gave him a stern look, her eyes subtly filled with a warning.

Simon immediately chickened out, timidly retreating to the side.

Ignoring him, Catherine turned to look at Eunice, sneering coldly, “I discovered a secret while browsing through the Fragrance Journal a while ago. It stated that one must use the blood of a living person as a sacrifice to activate the parasite king among the parasitic poison. You've successfully planted the parasitic poison in my body, proving that you've activated the parasite king with your own blood. In other words, the parasite king prefers you as the vector over Luna. After all, you were the one who activated it.”

The color drained from Eunice's face. A sense of foreboding spread across her heart.

“W-What are you planning to do?”