Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2309

Thalia wasn't who Heston, Lexie, and Velquin saw.

To Heston, it was a bloodied child with severed limbs and a numb expression. To Velquin, it was the long-lost Lucan.

As for Lexie, it was Heston. To be exact, it was not the current Heston, but the one who'd completely turned into the Unmelting Bone. He was surrounded by rolling filth energy and brought about world-shattering destruction.

These were deepest fears and most soul-shaking phantoms buried in their hearts.

Though Heston was now the Unmelting Bone and stripped of memories from his human life, his body and marrow still remembered.

He remembered the war-torn years, shattered lands, and the corpses scattered across the battlefields. Even when his flesh had rotted away and only the bones remained, those were memories he never dared forget.

Heston remembered, and so did Velquin.

As for Lexie, her fear came from the moment she'd forged a contract with the Unmelting Bone. The more pride she'd shown then, the deeper her anxiety ran.

In the beginning, she'd been worried she wasn't strong enough to wield Heston's power, and that he'd fall under her command and be ruined.

As time passed and he grew stronger, she started to worry that the Unmelting Bone she contracted would no longer be under her control.

If that day came, she might have to invoke the shared fate spell and die with Heston.

But…

"Heston" asked, "Would you accept that?

"Everyone once feared the Unmelting Bone and only wanted him sealed away forever. Why did you step forward and form a contract with him? Was it for your people's honor or some measly reward?

"You risked your life to bond with the Unmelting Bone, but what did you get? If I were you, I'd use the power of the Unmelting Bone now that I have it. I'd commend the dead and make them bow to me…"

Vlad's perforated body buckled, and his cheeks caved in like a black hole. The center of it swirled with malice and filth energy.

When he realized the group before him had broken free from the lure of his malice, his mind reeled in disbelief.

No matter whether human or demon, anyone who'd lived through the world carried malice. It was only a matter of how deeply it was buried.

Yet, how had the four shrugged off his lure like it was nothing?

Noticing the shock in his eyes, Lexie snorted and pointed at him.

"Who do you think you are to test my unbreakable will?

"News flash! We passed that test two years ago!"