Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 519

Agnes furrowed her brows, her voice unconsciously laden with reproach, “Why did you have to go so hard on him? I know you and Sean used to be in the intemational special forces, but he’s just an ordinary guy. Couldn’t you have been a bit gentler?”

Kearney found it both exasperating and amusing, “Septima, the guy was trying to hurt you and here you are worrying about whether he’s injured?” Agnes fell silent all of a sudden.

She hadn’t expected Jared to get so worked up.

Because of Jared’s reaction, Agnes was even more certain.

She absolutely couldn’t let Jared find out about Nocturne.

If he did, it would certainly lead to a nasty fight, and Agnes wasn’t sure she could win.

Keamey dropped Agnes off at the Pritchard family’s villa./

As the car came to a stop, Kearney spoke up, “You gonna be okay here on your own? Want me to stick around tonight?”

Agnes shook her head with a smile, “I know you’re busy. Go on home, this is my place, I’ll be fine.”

Kearney nodded, “Call me if you need anything.”

Agnes got out of the car and headed towards the villa.

Kearney drove off.

took when she left was the key to the Pritchard

turned on the lights.

the years, even though she was in Manhattan, she had prepaid twenty

Agnes felt a touch of disorientation.

in

covered in a

slow steps into the house,

each step, a footprint appeared

the hallway had been left open

already

had passed, and the vines had crept into the

railing on the staircase

traces of the past four

buried the past, hiding what once

Agnes was

clear away these vines, revealing everything as it truly was.

the first room she visited was

spent most of his time at home

though, it was just a grey, dusty

just as he left it,

smell of time