Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 506

On the balcony next door, Iceblade kept to the shadows, dressed head to toe in black. Across from him, Lydia stared him down, her eyes icy and unblinking. For a long moment, neither of them said a word. Then Iceblade finally spoke, his voice low. “If I told you it wasn’t me, would you believe me?”

Lydia didn’t even hesitate. “Was it you?”

They both knew what she meant. The bullet pulled out of Connor had the Blood Oath mark on it. Whoever managed to hurt Connor wasn’t just any assassin. And Iceblade was definitely up to the task.

He gave her a tired look. “It wasn’t me. Not tonight.”

He meant he hadn’t been involved in tonight’s attack, but he wasn’t saying he’d always stay out of it in the future.

Lydia narrowed her eyes, her voice firm. “But you knew what they were planning.”

Iceblade was about to answer when a sudden thump interrupted them. Both he and Lydia heard it. In a split second, Iceblade vanished without a trace.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the wall, Grace was frozen in shock. She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Was Lydia really working with the people trying to kill Connor? Who could even get close enough to hurt him? And what was Lydia’s real connection to these people? What was she after? Was it the same thing Grace wanted?

She leaned in, desperate to hear more, but her foot slipped and hit the door. The sound made her heart stop. Instantly, she clapped a hand over her mouth. As she turned to run back into her room, a shadow flickered on her balcony.

A man in black appeared, moving like a ghost. His face was angelic, but the cold, lethal energy around him made her blood run cold. He felt like death itself.

Grace’s voice shook as she raised her hands. “I… I didn’t hear anything. Seriously, I didn’t hear a thing!”

Iceblade’s lips curled into a small, chilling smile. “Is that so?”

“Yes, yes! I promise, I didn’t hear anything!”

He looked amused. “But what if I think you did?”

Grace’s fear spiked. The look in his eyes was so cold and dangerous, her legs turned to jelly and she stumbled back. Before she could scream, Iceblade flicked his wrist. A sharp, chemical smell hit her, and everything went black.

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