The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit in

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    “He’s way older than you! How the hell could he be your little brother?”

    Tessa was stunned.

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    What the…..

    “I don’t know either,” she said. “Victor said on paper, he’s my brother.”

    e went bquic /b

    Ashen Pact really was a hot mess.

    Just by looking at Dan’s face, there was no way in hell he could be Tessa’s little brother. If anything, he was old enough to be her big brother.

    Tessa clung to Marie’s leg even tighter. “Little or big. I’ll help you kill him, okay?”

    Marie was stunned.

    What a pathetic little thing.

    If it weren’t for Star….

    Well, even for Star’s sake, Marie still kicked Tessa straight into the sea.

    Ssh!

    The moment the seawater hit her mouth, Tessa felt like her brain just shut down.

    If this had been the old days, that kick would’ve knocked her out cold.

    But now? She was back on her feet in seconds.

    Hands on her hips, she shouted, “Maric, you psycho! Ever heard of fighting fair?”

    She was fuming.

    Always kicking her–what if she got injured? She was hard to take care of!

    Speaking of taking care… Tessa nced at her dark, sunburnt arms and felt utterly defeated.

    Maric stood with her arms crossed, watching Tessa bsoaked /bband /bmiserable, band /bsaid coolly, “After tenps,e get your gun.”

    Tessa exploded. “Tenps, my ass! I’m not running!”

    She was about to go nuts.

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    This bwas /bbullying. Pure, tant bullying.

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    “Dan screwed you over! Go take it out on that bastard, not me! What–can’t beat him bor /bsomething?”

    “Oh my god, is that it? You actually can’t beat him?!”

    The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

    She’d been groveling these past few days.

    And Marie–this woman was downright ruthless.

    Just like now. The moment she screamed “my ass,” two women inbat gear stomped over To ho

    Before she could react, they grabbed her and took off running.

    Tessa went quiet. Help.

    Marie called out, “If you keep running like that, it’s a hundredpsb./b”

    Tessa was stunned.

    Holy crap, was this woman born evil?

    Why couldn’t she be more like Star? Star was so kind–when Ethan pissed her off, she’d just p him a few times and maybe kick him once.

    Marie, though? She was a full–on tyrant

    “You win, okay?! You’re the boss!” Tessa shouted. “I’ll run myself, happy now?”

    She was practically grinding her teeth in frustration.

    She’d tried bevery /bform of rebellion over the past few days, but Marie always had a way to crush

    her.

    A hundredps?

    With Marie’s sick logic, if she didn’t finish, she wouldn’t even get dinner.

    She’d be running till tomorrow and still go to bed hungry.

    Ughhh-

    Tessa grunted, “Let bgo/b. I’ll do it myself.”

    The two women released her, watching her bolt off at full speed. They exchanged a look–and

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    smiled.

    Marie sat batop /ba rock, pulling off her sunsses.

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    The two women joined her. One of them said, “This one’s got good bones. Way tougher than the little princess.”

    “Tougher? They’re both soft as bhell/b,” Marie scoffed.

    The other one said. “Still, this is a big improvement. On day one, it took six, maybe seven hours. bToday/b? Three.”

    This ind wasn’t small. Tenps took serious time.

    For Tessa to finish in three hours–her endurance was already light–years ahead of where Ste had been.

    Marie set down her water bottle. “Back then, with Star… we never even tried to push her limits.”

    True”

    That was just how it had gone.

    When they first brought Marie to Xisha Ind, they’d coddled her for a couple of days.

    Only then did the real training start.

    But with Tessa? Marie didn’t coddle her at all. She just dumped her into the middle of the

    an.

    She thought of that fake whale from three days ago.

    Marie couldn’t help but burst intoughter. “God, I’m still dying. Did you see her face? Is her eyesight that bad?”

    Three days bago/b, Tessa had been so terrified, she went into beast mode.

    The way she rowed–arms swinging like pistons, like a wind–up toy on steroids.

    The other two burst outughing too.

    Yeah, that day really had brought out her hidden potential.

    Two and a half hourster-

    Tessa copsed onto the sand at Marie’s feet. This time, she didn’t cling to her legs.

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    She just stared at her with eyes full of resentment.

    Marie checked her watch. “Not bad. You’re getting faster.”

    “Forget people–if a police dog was chasing you now, you’d still outrun it.

    Tessa went quiet.

    Did she really justpare her to a dog?

    Marie said, “Go with Belle and get your gun.b” /b

    “No moreps?”

    “You want more?”

    Tessa shook her head. “God, no.”

    She really didn’t.

    These past three days had been hell. She wouldn’t wish it on her worst enemy.

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