Chapter 676

Abigail's emotionless eyes remained fixed on Jane for a long moment before she finally spoke. "Because she isn't my real mother." The moment those words left her lips, both Jane and Mina were stunned. They had assumed Ariana was merely playing favorites but this revelation was beyond anything they'd imagined. After recovering from her shock, Jane blinked her large, innocent eyes and leaned closer. "Sister Abigail, how do you know this?" Even during her own investigation into Abigail's background, she'd never uncovered this detail. "You don't believe me?!" Abigail's piercing gaze seemed to bore straight through Jane's soul, making the younger girl falter momentarily. But Jane quickly steadied herself and met that intense stare head-on. "Sister Abigail, you don't trust me either!" Their locked eyes held for several heartbeats until Abigail's eyelids suddenly drooped. When she looked up again, all traces of her earlier iciness had melted away, replaced by the skittish vulnerability of a s