The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 704

Chapter 704 The Edge of Collapse

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Marie didn’t care what Sophia said. She climbed up onto the wall, perching there to watch the chaos unfold.

Was this really a good idea?

Maybe Tessa had rubbed off on her. She couldn’t resist watching a spectacle, no matter the time or place.

Outside the gates, the clash had already broken out in full force. With his castle going up in explosions one after another, Dan finally lost control.

“Derrick, you bastard–you planted people around me!”

The gates were one thing.

But the villas, one by one, reduced to rubble, the cars blown to pieces—all without his men noticing a thing.

There was only one explanation: Derrick had slipped people into his ranks long ago.

Derrick toyed idly with a compact pistol, twirling it between his fingers.

Compared to Dan’s fury, he looked calm, almost casual. “Now you can tell me why my wife bit you.”

He was smiling.

But everyone present knew—if Dan gave an answer Derrick didn’t like, the castle would keep erupting.

Dan’s eyes gleamed with danger. “You’d better stop now, or I’ll see you never walk out of Noctarth alive.”

The words had barely left his lips before Derrick fired into the air. At that same moment, another explosion rocked the castle.

From her vantage point, Marie felt her heart lurch.

Thank God, Dan’s estate was massive. If it weren’t, she might have been buried here along with

him.

“Will you bring my wife out yourself,” Derrick asked evenly, “or shall I fetch her?”

The smoothness of his voice carried more menace than a shout.

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Chapter 704 The Edge of Collapse

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Sophia had climbed up beside Marie by now. Watching Derrick speak so calmly while forcing Dan into a corner, she clicked her tongue. “Mr. Derrick really is handsome.”

Before Marie could reply, she added, “And this is exactly what you said–hatred born from a stolen wife.”

This had been beyond her expectations. She never imagined the one turning Dan’s fortress upside down would be Derrick.

With Derrick’s unrelenting pressure, Conan finally cracked. He stepped forward respectfully. “Sir, perhaps we should-”

“Shut up!” Dan roared, cutting him off.

His

eyes burned as he glared at Derrick. Then, with a snap, he shouted, “Kill them!”

By now, rage had consumed him.

If Derrick dared to invade Noctarth, then he would make sure the man never left alive.

The gunfight erupted in full. Both sides clashed violently, the air filled with smoke and fire.

Then one of Dan’s men rushed up. “Sir–bad news. Ms. Miller is gone.”

Dan froze.

Conan did too.

Gunfire raged around them, but to Dan, the world had gone silent.

His

gaze cut toward the man. “What did you say?”

His voice was barely audible, but his heart roared with a single thought: if the long matriarch was missing, every blade of blame would turn on him.

In that instant, he felt as if he were standing on the very tip of a storm, all its fury about to crash down upon him.

“This morning, on her way to the elders‘ council, Ms. Miller vanished,” the man added, voice trembling.

Dan was utterly speechless.

The elders‘ council.

Of course. He remembered. A week ago he’d already heard about it. Diana had planned to

crush Dale there once and for all.

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