Chapter 222: Mother and Daughter Reunited: A Midnight Talk That Reached the Heart

Colette Lashbrook stood at the entrance of the Mountain Villa, staring into the distance with eyes that had gone hollow. The flowers and shrubs inside the villa were still lush and green, but the world in her gaze looked as if every last color had been drained away. "Lillian… Lillian…" Colette murmured, over and over, as though repeating the name could keep her from falling apart. Three full days had passed. Three days since Lillian had been taken by the Nexus Umbralis Sect. Pierce Looske...