Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 204

When Carlos and the others burst into the mansion, they saw the guests and cameramen who'd spread out to search for Soren and Shannon gathered on the second floor. They were all looking in the same direction and had matching looks of astonishment on their faces.

Carlos pushed his way through the crowd to see Shannon standing where she'd been before the image had disappeared. Before her, Soren lay on the floor, his ashen face filled with terror. He was clutching his throat and gasping for breath.

"H-How is he?" What Carlos actually wanted to ask was whether Soren was still alive.

"Everything's fine now," Juniper said, the emotions in his voice indiscernible. His gaze was fixed on Shannon.

Before they'd arrived—or rather, after Shannon had broken out of the mirror world and brought Soren out—she'd already gotten rid of the five ghosts and the malevolent spirits hiding in the mansion.

Shannon had never intended to allow Soren to die in the hands of those five ghosts. Though it was normal for them to want to go after Soren for taking their lives, they would be creating karmic debts for themselves, even if they were only avenging themselves.

The five young women had been murdered, but they hadn't taken any lives when alive. As long as they were properly guided to the afterworld, they wouldn't have any problems with reincarnation.

But if any of them were to murder Soren, they would have blood on their hands. Not only would they need to be punished for that, but the karmic debt would also affect them in their next lives, even if they were to successfully reincarnate.

The vindication wasn't worth the price—it'd be better to leave Soren to the police. Even if he weren't sentenced to death, he wouldn't have a good time spending the rest of his life in prison. Besides, he would be plagued by karmic debt and the consequences of being possessed by a malevolent spirit.

"What… What exactly has happened here?" Carlos looked at Shannon, still unable to believe the situation. "Is Soren… Is he really…"

Was he really a murderer?