Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 961

Ziva's parents would only treat her better if they needed money or had wishes they wanted to fulfill.

As her younger brother grew older, he began to imitate their behavior. He'd throw his plates at her, and if she dodged, he'd cry. Her parents would rush over to punish her.

When her brother wanted to ride a horse, she had to get on all fours while he climbed onto her back. She had to crawl around though her palms and her knees were scraped and bleeding.

When he wanted a dog, they locked her in a cage. He'd start abusing her like poking her with sticks.

Ziva dared not resent her parents, but she hated her brother. Her power of words was the reason for his existence.

So, one day, she used her power of words on him. "Mom will strangle you to death."

That night, their mother had a nightmare and almost strangled her brother to death. It'd been so close.

The incident left her brother deprived of oxygen and caused irreversible brain damage.

When her parents discovered the truth, they beat her to near death. To prevent her from speaking again, they glued her mouth shut and sewed it.

"The feeling of having a needle pierce through the skin is excruciatingly painful," Ziva recalled as she touched the scars at the corners of her lips, and her eyes glinted with hatred.

Even after all these years, her lips ached whenever she remembered the agony.

"I eventually became mute until years later, I secretly removed the stitches and glue on my lips to regain the ability to speak."

Then, she looked straight at Shannon and uttered word by word, "I made sure they died in a fire."

They could've united. With their abilities, they could've exacted revenge on the world, but Shannon had disappointed her. Shannon had abandoned her.

So now, Ziva would abandon her in return.

She began. "Do you know? Though the overuse of the power of words left my throat injured and incapable of making a sound for some time, I've replaced it, and my ability has returned to its prime."

Her gaze turned dangerous as she looked at Shannon and slowly said, "For example, there will soon be a cut on your wrist."

Shannon trembled. The moment Ziva spoke, the ceiling light above them exploded.

Shards of the lightbulb shot toward Shannon's wrist like tiny daggers…