Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 1188

Looking at the visibly weakened Leah, Shannon frowned ever-so-slightly, asking, "What happened? Why are you guys here?"

Since Leah was here, it meant the spiritual energy she detected earlier belonged to Mike. Why was he here?

At the mention of him, Mike came running from inside the house upon hearing the commotion. Upon seeing Shannon, he wore the same touched look and lunged at her. "Shannon! Are you guys here to save me?"

However, before he could get close, Lexie seized him with a chokehold and checked his pulse with the other hand. "You're alive! It's you, Mike!"

She then enveloped him emotionally.

After some struggles, Mike finally broke free from her embrace. Seeing a breach in the barrier behind Shannon, he quickly moved to seal it before leading the two of them into the house.

When Shannon passed by the weak ghost, sent to the floor by Leah's slap earlier, she couldn't help but ask, "And what's with him?"

"Oh, him? It's a long story." Mike gave a brief explanation as the group entered the house.

Inside, they saw a disheveled young man, his face filled with wariness. The moment Shannon saw his face, her steps paused for a moment.

"This is the only villager that hasn't been infected, Janel Harris," Mike introduced.

"So, it's him," Shannon thought. She knew him—or more precisely, his sister, Sonia. Did this mean she was currently at Sonia's ancestral home?

Although Shannon knew that this wasn't the best time to be distracted, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as she observed the strong, intertwined bond between Janel and Gary—a connection that was unmistakably tied to their house of balance.

It appeared Sonia had taken her advice. Shannon assumed the male ghost, unable to find the bride he desired, would just torment Janel and his family before moving on.

However, before he could get close to the target, he was ambushed by a cloud of black smoke. Fortunately, Leahhad intervened just in time to save him.

It was also because of that that Leah's ghostly figure greatly weakened. Afraid to make more crass moves, Mike retreated to the house and waited for rescue.

"Shannon, I'm sorry." He gazed at Shannon and solemnly added, "And also, thank you."

Had Shannon not deployed a powerful spirit to tag along with him on this trip, he would've lost his life a long time ago. Due to him, he caused significant injury to Leah. It was important he apologized to Shannon.

Shannon stayed silent, while Leah wore a look of carefreeness and waved in dismissal. "I told you I'm fine. If we didn't sneak out, we wouldn't have known what was happening outside."

She then turned to Shannon with an added hint of grim. "Shannon, Alaric is the one refining the ghouls across the village! He even abducted many people to use as sacrifices for the ritual! He's a monster!"