Chapter 89

Mark left the children's bedroom, his heart heavy.

He came down from the second floor, and outside the window the sky had already begun to lighten, taking on a faint blue tinge.

Then, far off, something was kicking up dust and drawing steadily closer — a carriage, racing toward the house at breakneck speed.

Has some emergency patient come up?

As the carriage drew nearer, he saw stamped on its side the wolf crest of House Weiss.

Why would the Count's carriage be here at this hour?

The moment the carriage stopped, a woman leapt down from it in a rush.

"Adele?"

Mark couldn't believe his eyes. He'd only just finished talking about her with Jade, and now here she was, as if conjured by magic.

But her clothes were soaked in blood from head to toe. Her hands and face were smeared with it too.

"Adele! What on earth—?"…