The Rise Of The Unwanted Girl (Athena) novel Chapter 324

Chapter 324

Sadly, Eloise had gravely underestimated Athena. She was now a far cry from the woman she used to be.

Athena delivered a stinging slap across Willow’s face. Willow screamed in pain again.

But this time, it wasn’t just screams. Willow began desperately pleading with Eloise. “Mother, save me. I don’t want to die yet, I worked so hard to become the Marchioness of Somers. Please, save me!”

A mother would feel her child’s pain as her DWTI.

Seeing Willow so broken truly shattered Eloise’s heart.

Willow was her precious daughter. Eloise cherished and protected Willow since the day she was born.

But if Eloise told the truth, she knew that Willow would surely die too.

Eloise clenched her teeth, her heart torn by the impossible choice.

Athena raised her dagger once more, pressing closer to Willow. She threatened coldly, “If you don’t talk, I’ll start cutting off her fingers. one by one I won’t stop until you start speaking”

“Save me, Mom! Athena is a psycho…” Willow cowered in terror while curling into a ball. Just as Athena was about to strike. Eloise finally broke down and blurted out the truth.

“Til talk. I’ll talk!” Eloise sobbed, the words tumbling out in a rush. “Nicolas is a remnant of the fallen country before ours.

With those words, Eloise completely broke down.

Eloise shumped to her knees, sobbing as she looked at Athena. “It was all Nicolas’s doing. He wants to overthrow Petanion and restore the country of Drachian. He’s the 13th prince of the fallen Drachian.

“Back when the Drachian fell, Nicolas was the sole survivor. Blinded by greed and with compromising evidence in Nicolas’s hands. Henry had no choice but to obey his every command.

Athena’s brows knitted tightly. “If Nicolas is a remnant of the fallen Drachian, then who are his accomplices?”

She thought. A mere boy like him couldn’t possibly have forced Henry to submit on his own.”

Eloise snuffled and said. “The only accomplice I know of is Loretta Holmes, who was your foster mother. I sent you to her because I thought you’d be easier to control that way. But when your true identity was revealed, Margaret insisted on bringing you back to the duke’s estate.

I had to frame you to secure Willow’s rightful status as the legitimate daughter of the Monson family. Only by having you banished to the military camp could‘ Willow marry into the Osborne family.

“But back then, I honestly didn’t know any of this. I only learned the truth much later.”

Athena’s eyes blazed with fury. “So you were willing to ruin me just for your own selfish gain, is that it?”

of

Eloise kept her eyes down, unable to meet Athena’s gaze. “I guess you can only blame your bad luck. If you hadn’t been born, none o this would have happened to you.”

Athena was undeniably the victim, yet Eloise insisted it was simply her fate. Faced with the sheer absurdity of it all, Athena didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Who dares to say Athena is ill–fated?” Xander’s chilling voice cut through the air.

Xander emerged from the shadows, his chiseled features standing out sharply against the ink–black night.

Xander swept his icy gaze over Eloise. His expressionless eyes pierced through her. It was as if she were suddenly encased in ice, the chill seeping deep into her very bones.

Eloise shuddered involuntarily. Her lips parted to speak, but the words died in her throat, choked by sheer terror.

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She thought, Prince Xander is notoriously ruthless. If he finds out, the entire duke’s estate

I don’t care if I die, but what about my three children‘

Matthew and Joseph know nothing about any of this!

way with their lives

Eloise crawled two steps toward Xander’s feet, sobbing desperately as she pleaded. “Your Highness, have mercy. Matthew and Joseph know nothing of this. These are all Henry’s sins. I beg you. Please, spare their lives!”

Xander’s gaze briefly flickered to Eloise, his eyes glinting with lethal intent..

Under the weight of Xander’s intimidating aura, Eloise was too terrified to say a single word.

Athena stared blankly at Xander, only to find his eyes brimming with tender concern.

Noticing her face reddened and chilled by the biting wind, Xander swiftly unfastened his cloak and gently draped it around her shoulders. “Don’t concern yourself with what happened down the mountain. It’s all been taken care of for you. The assassins sent by the Monson family have all been eliminated.”

Eloise shot Xander a startled glance, then lowered her head with a bitter, self–mocking smile.

She had long known Henry would try to kill her, but when the truth finally struck, the pain still cut deep.

She said. “For Henry, I sacrificed my sister. I even framed my father by sending him to prison and dragging over a hundred members of the Perkins family into ruin. I gave him everything. I never thought he would treat me like this. How could he…

Eloise burst into hysterical laughter, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face.

Yet Athena remained utterly unmoved. Eloise was only mourning her own wasted efforts.

Athena knew that it was nothing but crocodile tears.

The fate of the Perkins family meant absolutely nothing to Eloise.

Athena felt it was such a waste that Kurtis had doted on Eloise so much, yet she was the one who personally sent him to his ruin,

This is your retribution. People like you deserve to burn in hell!” Athena snarled, her words dripping with venom.

Eloise froze momentarily, then gave a self–mocking smile. Tm sorry, Father, she murmured.

Athena said. “You don’t deserve to call Grandfather ‘Father. If he were still alive, he would disown a treacherous, ungrateful wretch like

you.

Athena glared at Eloise with icy eyes, her murderous intent barely contained. She wanted nothing more than to kill her right then and there.

She thought, I still need to keep Eloise alive for no

‘She’s

the

now

key witness. If we want to expose Nicolas’s true identity, we’ll need her testimony.

Eloise shook her head wildly, as if provoked by Athena’s words. She suddenly shouted in defiance, “I did nothing wrong. It was Father fault. He always preferred my sister over me. We’re both his daughters, so why did she get to marry into the duke’s estate while I was shoved into a second–rate family?

“I’m his daughter, too. I was just looking out for myself. What’s wrong with that? That family fortune was rightfully mine!

Hearing Eloise’s words, Athena was utterly stunned.

Athena thought to herself, Grandfather never played favorites between his two daughters. He treated them with absolute fairness in

every way

When did he ever show a

any favoritism?

Even their wedding gifts were prepared identically.

“When I was little, I’d hear Grandfather speak of his daughters, his eyes always brimming with pride and affection.

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