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Chapter 24 The Performance, a Bewitching Melody
Everyone turned to look. It was Lena, the person in charge of Velora Atelier.
Although Lena was already in her thirties, she was immaculately maintained, draped in a long black dress that
exuded charm.
But what truly commanded fear and respect was the power behind her. The Velora Atelier.
The guests were bewildered.
Why was Lena helping Sloane? Could it be because of Lucas?
Lena held the zither delicately. “My zither is at Ms. Rivers’s disposal.”
The others might not know, but the Rivers family did. Lena and Sloane knew each other.
Samantha's heart started to waver.
Could it be... Sloane actually could play the zither?
“Thank you,” Sloane said, accepting the instrument and setting it atop the table.
She turned her head slightly and asked Samantha, “You want to stay here and watchplay?”
In ancient times, only maids stood by to attend a lady playing the zither.
Sloane's meaning was obvious. She was treating Samantha like a servant.
Samantha's face turned cold. She turned and stomped off the stage, returning to stand stiffly by Helen.
Helen lowered her voice and scolded, “Sammy, this is outrageous. If Sloane embarrasses herself, she’s dragging
down the whole Rivers family!”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtSloane placed her slender hands gently on the zither, her fingertips gliding across the strings, testing the sound
with a few clear, bright notes.
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Then her expression sharpened, and she began to play in earnest.
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At first, the music was soft and flowing, like the murmuring of a stream, spreading tranquility through the hall.
Gradually, the melody intensified, gaining momentum, like the thunderous charge of a thousand horses, every
note filled with a shocking force that struck straight into the soul.
It was as if war drums were pounding right beside their ears.
Upstairs, the instant the melody shifted, Lucas’s expression changed. He immediately covered his ears and
shouted to Benjamin and the others, “Don’t listen to the music!”
But it was too late.
The guests had already been ensnared by the powerful, seductive music, their souls seeming to drift away,
making them unable to hear Lucas’s cries.
Their eyes grew glazed, their faces twisted into expressions of terror or ecstasy, as if they truly stood upon a
battlefield of life and death.
Sguests swung their arms wildly, fighting unseen enemies; others clutched their heads and tried to flee,
mouths screaming incoherently, yet their bodies moved in strange, jerky spasms.
The banquet hall descended into utter chaos. The once-elegant atmosphere was completely destroyed.
The Rivers family was no exception.
Marshall stared, wide-eyed and disbelieving, his body swaying helplessly to the phantom rhythms. Helen and
Samantha clung tightly to each other, trembling uncontrollably, their eyes filled with horror, yet they could not
break free from the illusion.
Mason's eyes were bloodshot with madness.
He roared, “Lucas, go to hell!”
At that instant, the music stopped abruptly. And in the blink of an eye, Lucas
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vanished from right before Mason's eyes.
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The guests staggered out of the hallucination, staring around at the wreckage in shock and terror.
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“You demon!” Shane's voice trembled with fear as he pointed at Sloane, “What did you do to us?”
The others glared at Sloane with a mixture of fear and hatred.
Sloane only shrugged innocently. “I just played a song. What else could I possibly have done?”
Then she tilted her head slightly, her
tone growing sly and mischievous,
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