Chapter 403: Phoenix Nirvana, The Mystery of the Bloodline

The storm over Qingzhou had passed, leaving behind a sky washed clean and an city trembling in silent awe of its new master. Within the serene confines of the Dawson family villa, however, a different kind of storm was brewing, one that raged not in the heavens, but within the delicate veins of Merlot Conner. Edmund Dawson sat by her bedside, the clamor of his recent conquests fading into a distant hum. All that mattered now was the woman before him. Her face, though still beautiful, was tinged...