Chapter 989 Mount Stokeris Encounter

• His brutal declaration fell like a funeral bell, and the entire square descended into a silence so total it seemed the air itself dared not move.
• Members of the Carlotta family stood frozen, mouths parted, eyes wide with disbelief.
• Phoebe, Finneas' young sister-in-law, stared at her brother-in-law as though meeting him for the first time, her heart pounding against her ribs in wild, bewildered beats.