The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In novel Chapter 794

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The entire Morris family was drowning in a heavy gloom.

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The moment Dan arrived, Dale ground his teeth and demanded, “Well? Did you find Tessa or not?”

Manny’s eyes were on him too.

He had made no progress at all.

At first, Manny had thought Tessa was nothing more than the bastard child of that whore Diana. He never imagined she would wield such influence.

Now Manny, like Lana lying in the hospital, wanted nothing more than to see Tessa dead.

Dan sank into a single armchair, lit a cigarette, and took a drag.

His unhurried manner drew open disgust from the others.

Dale snapped, angrier still. “I’m asking you a question. Did you find her or not?”

That tone-

As if finding Tessa was solely Dan’s responsibility. It had begun with Manny searching alongside him, yet now the blame fell entirely on him.

Dan turned his gaze on Manny. “Did you find her?”

“You-”

Manny’s face, already dark, went black as ink when he realized Dan was trying to push the fire back onto him.

Seeing the two still at each other’s throats, Dale’s temper boiled hotter.

“This isn’t the time for infighting! What matters now is finding her and handing her over!”

That word–handing–was ground between his teeth, bitter with resentment.

Dan let out a sharp, mocking laugh.

“Allow me to remind you, the person you want to hand over is your daughter.”

Artemis’s face darkened, and she glared daggers at him.

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Dale’s own look toward Dan turned cutting. “I don’t need you reminding me of that.”

“Considering how ruthless you sound, I figured I should remind you anyway.”

Dale’s expression sank further.

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“We’re all grasshoppers tied to the same rope now. Are you really going to talk like this at a time. like this?”

He had no patience for debate. What he wanted more than anything was to find Tessa.

Even if they had once believed she was nothing but a pretext-

Looking at the pressure mounting against them, if they didn’t produce her soon, that pretext would turn into a real catastrophe.

So whether she was an excuse or not, they had no choice but to find her at once.

Dan drew slowly on his cigarette. “Stop looking.”

The room went still.

Dale’s breath hitched. “What did you just say?”

Stop looking?

Manny’s fury erupted. “Are you insane? Do you want us dead faster?”

Was he saying he hadn’t even searched for Tessa?

The thought made Manny’s eyes burn with hatred.

Artemis spoke quickly. “Dan, whatever grudges you have against Manny and me, now isn’t the time. Put them aside.”

“She’s right,” Lina added. “If Ashen Pact falls, then none of us have anything left.”

Both women were rattled.

They had suffered the heaviest losses in the past few days. Their resentment toward Dan had already begun to fade.

All that mattered now was finding Tessa. They needed unity against the outside.

The inside could wait.

Manny snarled, “What is this? Did someone teach you to sweet–talk women, and now you’re

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actually doing it? That bitch Marie isn’t robbing you anymore? Or maybe everything she stole from you, she’s giving back now?”

The losses had been too great. His fury overflowed, and every word spat out was venom.

At his filthy insult, Dan’s eyes went ice–cold, glinting with a predatory edge.

“So you really do have some skill,” Manny sneered. “Well done-”

His words cut off with a choked gasp. Something sharp whistled across the room and smashed into his face. Pain exploded as he clutched at his cheek.

Blood gushed through his fingers instantly.

With a heavy clang, a military knife clattered to the floor at his feet.

The study’s air thickened, charged and violent.

Artemis rushed forward, panic flashing in her eyes. Manny, groaning with pain, pulled his hand away to see.

His palm was slick with red.

Artemis caught sight of the wound–an ugly slash stretching from the corner of his mouth nearly up to his cheekbone.

Her rage flared. “Dan! What are you doing? He’s your brother!”

Dan’s eyes narrowed.

He stared at Manny, his voice low and deadly. “Insult her again, and it won’t just be a scar next time.”

Her?

Was he talking about Marie? The woman who had spent these days robbing Ashen Pact to the brink of madness?

Manny’s breath came in shallow pants. He opened his mouth to retort, but pain lanced through his torn flesh.

The wound split wider, and his words died in a groan.