Chapter 279

Phoenix couldn't wrap her head around it—how could her martial arts be gone? She'd mastered the Monroe Clan's secret techniques, for crying out loud! But the moment she tried to summon her strength, she realized there was nothing there. Not even a flicker. "This can't be! What the hell happened? Elizabeth, you vicious snake! You might as well have killed me outright!" She was panicking. How could her abilities just vanish like that? There was still so much she hadn't done. "Me? Seriously? You should be thanking me. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be alive right now." Elizabeth glanced down at her, a cold smirk curling her lips. Honestly, this woman was way out of line. If it wasn't out of respect for Alexander, Elizabeth wouldn't have gone so easy on her. "Thanking you? What a joke. If you hadn't stolen Alexander from me, I wouldn't be in this mess!" That word—stolen—really rubbed Elizabeth the wrong way. She glanced at Alexander, curled closer into his arms, and shot Phoenix a