Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1555

"I can't save you."

Shannon calmly stated, "The bloody smoke has completely invaded your body. Plague-Banishing Decree can't work on you."

Maya stared at her as if she hadn't heard a word. Her breathing was ragged, and her throat produced hoarse gasping sounds. She struggled to repeat the same two words. "Save… Me…"

But when she realized Shannon had no intention of saving her, an unmistakable hatred flashed in her eyes.

At that moment, voices echoed from the smoke. A group rapidly approached as they called out Shannon's name. Their voices were laced with urgency and concern.

Maya's vision blurred. Amidst the smoke, she seemed to see Lexie and the others stepping through and walking toward Shannon.

She knew they were Shannon's people. She once had people like that too. As a prodigy of the new generation of mystic masters, she'd once been the center of admiration and support.

But when had everything gone wrong? Was it when her parents died, and she'd been taken into the Rutherford family and forced to compete with Skylar?

Or was it during the college tournament, when she'd attacked Shannon in a duel?

Or was it when she'd manipulated Mike and forced him to open the barrier to flee the Harrisfield Village, leaving others to the ghoul tide?

How had she ended up this way? If she'd never turned against Shannon, would these people have been running toward her instead?

Blood tears slipped silently from the corner of her eyes and dripped onto the cold ground.

With the last bit of strength left in her body, she turned over to see the sky for one last time.

Shannon noticed her movement but made no move to step forward.

She wasn't the only one as Presley arrived with the production crew. He stood frozen and stared at the woman on the ground.

Freya approached once Shannon was done. "Leave it to me, ma'am. Mr. Hamilton from the production crew has connections with the authorities, but restoring Seastone's network might take some time."

Shannon was about to reply when her expression changed. Her head snapped toward a nearby space as her eyes filled with vigilance.

At the same time, Thalia, the system, and Freya sensed an unfamiliar presence too.

Tortoise the System rose into the air and summoned black smoke in a defensive stance. The production crew tensed and wondered if another enemy had come to trap them there.

As all nervous eyes locked onto the cleaning, the void distorted. A small building abruptly appeared in the next second.

It had an exterior identical to the ghost building from before, but this was smaller.

The doors creaked open, and a familiar figure swaggered from within, holding a bone-handled umbrella.