Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 2237

"Yeah? What do you need?"

Hector's heart sank at Shannon's response. His usually warm eyes were infiltrated with a drop of caution.

That wasn't Shannon. She would never speak like that to their mother. Who… was she?

Adam and Thalia, too, immediately sensed that something was off. They knew their daughter well enough to notice the subtle shift in her presence.

Thalia instinctively tensed. As she parted her lips, ready to question who she was, she saw Shannon suddenly turn solemn and snap toward a distant point in the room.

Everyone followed her line of sight. Before long, a familiar figure appeared out of thin air. It was Benjamin who had teleported over upon sensing her awakening.

He was supposed to be waiting with Thalia for Shannon to wake up, but Velquin's freshly recovered soul had shown signs of instability just the night before.

He had gone to stabilize it, but upon sensing Shannon regaining consciousness, he instinctively teleported over, forgetting, for once, the presence of the Jensens.

His gaze landed on the familiar figure, yet his otherworldly perceptiveness caught onto a distinction. Her divine soul and presence indicated it was her, yet something felt different.

While Benjamin stood there, momentarily stunned, Shannon's eyes lit up the moment she saw him. It was as if something in her blurred vision had finally snapped into focus.

Then, slowly, she flashed him a smile brighter and bolder than any he had ever seen on her before.

Without hesitation, she rose to her feet and, in a flash, closed the distance between them, arms outstretched to pull him into a hug.

Benjamin furrowed his brows. Out of instinct, he took a step back and dodged her embrace.