Stunning Edge

Chapter 9: Forever Guarding

Claire stared coldly at the trembling Lashia beneath her, whose eyes were full of fear. She suffocated more and more.

Yes, the current Claire could kill Lashia, who had intended to kill her. She was not just simply willful anymore! She was so spoiled, she didn’t understand going out of bounds!

It was deathly silent around them, an atmosphere so bleak, Lashia was almost about to completely break down.

Suddenly, a smack sound broke the silence in the air, ringing out loud and clear.

Claire had slapped Lashia heavily in the face. At that moment, Lashia couldn’t see straight and nearly fainted. A hand print carved itself out of Lashia’s beautiful cheek, and a stream of blood trickled out the corner of her lip.

“You must thank Mother. If it wasn’t for Mother, I would have killed you today.” Claire whispered the icy and cruel words into Lashia’s ear. She sounded like a demon from the underworld, making one tremble. Lashia saw Claire’s eyes that were as cold as glaciers and felt a spasm of fear. She knew Claire was serious. If she did anything that displeased Claire right now, she would be murdered brutally. Absolutely, it would absolutely happen!

Jean and Nancy, still hidden in the woods, were utterly astonished. The young girl was covered in blood with golden locks floating with the wind and had a coldly resolute expression, emitting boldness that couldn’t be measured! This person, was she really the man-crazy failure Claire from before?

Claire let go of the still trembling Lashia scornfully, and looked up to sneer deliberately into the woods. “My loyal knight, how long are you going to keep watching?”

Jean and Nancy felt a chilling air rise slowly about them, making them tremble. It gave off a strange feeling, as if their souls were being seen through, making them breathless.

With losses on both sides, Claire had only bitterly won.

Not long after, in the Hill clan’s large study.

Gordan’s expression was heavy. Nancy and Jean stood aside keeping quiet.

Standing before him was Lashia who was already treated and Claire.

“Lashia! Starting today, you are grounded for one month and not allowed to go anywhere.” It was obvious that Gordan was truly mad now. He had never scolded Lashia with such rage, nor punished her like this before. Being grounded in the Hill clan wasn’t as simple as staying home, but as for how it was like, only those who had experienced it before knew. But the only thing certain was that it was definitely not anything relaxing.

Lashia didn’t say a word. From start to finish, her head was lowered. Nobody could see her expression.

“Yes, Grandfather.” Lashia replied in a husky voice and left the room. Her voice was almost permanently destroyed by Claire. The healer had spent all of his magical power on preserving it.

Only after Lashia left did Gordan stand up and walk towards Claire, sighing, eyes full of tenderness. “Claire, Lashia has always been too spoiled by us, therefore leading to what happened today. But she is, after all, your younger sister. I hope you don’t mind it too much.”

“I understand, Grandfather.” Claire said lightly as she nodded her head. If she did ‘mind’ it, then Lashia wouldn’t have been standing there to speak at all! She would have disappeared from the world much earlier!

“There’s no more problems from with your injuries anymore, right? Does it still hurt?” Now Gordan acted like an old man, a grandfather. His eyes were filled with concern.