Chapter 4: The Mystery of the Silver Fern
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Lyra smiled. "I merely wish to understand my husband better. As his wife, is that unreasonable?"
After a moment's hesitation, the butler withdrew. Lyra quickly locked the door and began searching. In her previous life, she'd heard Rayne was plotting against the Sterling family, with evidence hidden in this very room.
After extensive searching, she discovered a stack of documents in a hidden drawer, filled with detailed research on Silver Fern.
Silver Fern was the Sterling family's lifeblood and generations-old secret. Why would Rayne research this?
One sentence caught her attention: "Silver Fern extract may be the key to curing the Sterling family's hereditary disease..."
Lyra froze. Cure? Not exploit?
She continued reading, discovering treatment plans and medicinal formulas aimed at curing the Sterling family's hereditary blood disease—the very condition that had prevented her wounds from healing in her previous life, causing her to bleed to death.
"Found something interesting, my lady?"
Lyra spun around. Rayne leaned against the doorframe, his expression unreadable.
"Why are you researching Silver Fern?" Lyra asked bluntly.
Rayne stepped closer. "Because I don't want to watch my wife die from a curable disease."
His eyes held no anger—only complex emotions Lyra couldn't decipher.
In that moment, for the first time, Lyra questioned whether her past-life memories could be trusted.
