Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 991

The chaos stilled for a split second as Falcon spoke, tension hanging thick in the air. Then, out of nowhere, Lydia sprang forward, quick as a flash, landing right next to Falcon.

He stared at her, completely dumbfounded. He’d never imagined a girl could move like that. His eyes nearly bugged out of his head.

“You... ah—”

Falcon didn’t even get a chance to finish. Lydia kicked him hard between the legs. He doubled over, almost passing out from the pain, struggling just to breathe.

“Boss!” The guy who was holding Luke shouted, panicked.

Lydia didn’t waste a second. While the man was distracted, she snatched Luke away from him, her movements still sharp but slower now, weighed down by Luke’s limp, bloodied body. She started dragging him toward the helipad, but after just a few steps, she frowned, something not feeling right.

She didn’t even get to look down before Luke suddenly twitched in her arms. She tried to push him away, but she was too slow. The boy she thought was unconscious suddenly pulled a dagger from his sleeve and drove it straight into her chest.

“Lydia!”

“Lydia!”

Connor and Sweet Potato were still fighting nearby, but the moment they saw what happened, they froze, horror etched across their faces.

Lydia’s face twisted in pain, but she fought through it. Gritting her teeth, she used every ounce of strength she had left to fling the fake Luke away from her. He wasn’t Luke. The effort made her wound ache even more and she coughed violently, blood spilling from her lips.

The blood was almost black.

The blade was poisoned, and not just any poison. This was the kind that killed fast.

She instinctively covered her mouth, but the blood kept spilling between her fingers.

“The blade... it was poisoned?” Connor’s voice trembled with rage.

In that moment, it felt like his whole world was shattering. His eyes went completely red, burning with fury. It was the kind of anger that could burn everything to the ground.

“You hurt her? You’re all dead!” he growled, his words low and dangerous, murder in his eyes.

Falcon, finally coming to his senses, staggered back, his legs shaking as he faced Connor’s rage. Still, even as fear flickered in his eyes, he managed to laugh, wild and triumphant.

“Connor, that little surprise was supposed to be for you! Didn’t expect you to hide behind a girl. She took your place! That blade’s got a deadly poison on it. She’s as good as gone.”