Chapter 678

Felion watched the chaotic scene unfold, and a strange sense of familiarity washed over her as though she had seen this exact moment before. Before she could fully process the thought
In a flash, she lunged forward and ranked Mantice back in the nick of time
The knife, aimed with deadly precision, missed its mark and instead grazed Maurice’s left arm, cutting through his impeccably tailored wit and leaving only a shallow wound
No one had expected Felicia to intervene, let alone help Maurice
Even Stephan’s typically calm and nonchalant demeanor cracked with a rare expression of shock.
Amid the cham, a horrifying squelch broke the stunned silence. It was the sound of a blade cutting into flesh
Maurice had seized the life in mid–air, gripping it rightly. Without hesitation, he drove it into Imogen’s chest
Time seemed to stop.
The world fell into an eerie, suffocating stillness. It was as if they were left in a vacuum, leaving everyone watching the scene in stunned silence, their eyes wide with disbelief.
Il time could rewind, it would reveal everything that had happened in the brief moment Felicia reached out to pull Maurice back
The blade, which narrowly missed Maurice’s arm, was caught by him. Using the commotion caused by Stephan’s men rushing to stop him , Maurice pushed Felicia aside and in a
Felicia turned sharply, her eyes locking on Imogen’s trail, pale figure collapsing to the ground.
A guest of wind brushed past Felicia’s ear as Stephan lunged forward, catching Imogen just before she hit the ground.
several
When Felicia met Stephan’s gaze, the fire burning in his eyes anger , hatred, and fury– was so intense it felt like it could reduce her to ashes . Felicia froze, unable to move for sem
second
At that same moment, Stephan’s men subdued Maurice, pinning him to the ground with brutal efficiency.
Acold, biting wind swept through the clearing, chilling everyone to their core and snapping Felicia back to reality.
She scrambled toward Imogen, pulling two small bottles from her pocket. Without hesitation , she poured out a pill from one and prepared to feed it to Imogen
But just as she reached forward, Stephan’s hand clamped down around her wrist, stopping her in her tracks.
“Can I trust you, Felicia?”
Stephan’s gaze was icy, filled with unprecedented coldness, disappointment, and a piercing sense of scrutiny
Felicia knew that her earlier move to protect Maurice had shattered Stephan’s trust in her. From any
now Her voice, when she finally found it was steady but bitter. “ You have no other choice but to trust me
Imogen’s wound was too deep, dangerously close to being fatal ..
Even if Stephan doubted Felicia, there was no one else who could save Imogen. They did not have enough time to rush her to a hospital, and no one else present had the medical expertise to
Felicia’s medicine could save Timogen
Faced with the life of his sister hanging by a thread, Stephan relented. His hand fell away , and he watched with a stony expression as Felicia fed two pills to Imogen
Scarlet, standing nearby, opened her mouth as if to speak bat ultimately held back, biting her lip.
Only she knew the value and origin of the medicine Felicia was using
It was something Felicia had created before coming to Seldvale. It was previously locked away in her medicine om as Felicia had feared Stephan’s potential demise. She had used countless rate and precious ingredients–even her own blood–to–fine it through painstaking effect