Return of the Crowned Heiress novel Chapter 679

Felicia watched the chaotic scene unfold, and a strange sense of familiarity washed over her as though she had seen this exact moment before. Before she could fully process the thought, her body reacted instinctively.

In a flash, she lunged forward and yanked Maurice back in the nick of time.

The knife, aimed with deadly precision, missed its mark and instead grazed Maurice's left arm, cutting through his impeccably tailored suit and leaving only a shallow wound.

No one had expected Felicia to intervene, let alone help Maurice.

Even Stephan's typically calm and nonchalant demeanor cracked with a rare expression of shock.

Amid the chaos, a horrifying squelch broke the stunned silence. It was the sound of a blade cutting into flesh.

Maurice had seized the knife in mid-air, gripping it tightly. Without hesitation, he drove it into Imogen's chest.

Time seemed to stop.

The world fell into an eerie, suffocating stillness. It was as if they were left in a vacuum, leaving everyone watching the scene in stunned silence, their eyes wide with disbelief.

If time could rewind, it would reveal everything that had happened in the brief moment Felicia reached out to pull Maurice back.

The blade, which narrowly missed Maurice's arm, was caught by him. Using the commotion caused by Stephan's men rushing to stop him, Maurice pushed Felicia aside and, in a split second, plunged the knife into Imogen's chest.

Felicia turned sharply, her eyes locking on Imogen's frail, pale figure collapsing to the ground.

A guest of wind brushed past Felicia's ear as Stephan lunged forward, catching Imogen just before she hit the ground.

When Felicia met Stephan's gaze, the fire burning in his eyes—anger, hatred, and fury—was so intense it felt like it could reduce her to ashes. Felicia froze, unable to move for several seconds.