#Chapter 246: The Patriarch’s End

Edrick I hated to say it, but Moana looked more beautiful than ever as she practically assaulted my evil father on the back lawn. “He’s no threat,” she said as she released her grip on his shirt and let him fall back to the ground, then turned and walked back to meet me. “The knife is gone. He’s just an angry old man now and nothing more.” Moana was right; the knife was indeed gone. It shattered when Michael tried to stab her with it. During those moments when the knife was plunged into her belly, it felt as though my heart stopped. I watched in horror as the knife disappeared into her belly. When my father pulled it out, it was covered in blood and he had a maniacal grin on his face. But something happened then. She became enveloped in that golden light again, only this time it was even brighter and more blinding than before. I thought she was dying, but it turned out that she healed instantly. If my father had stabbed her just milliseconds earlier, he certainly wo