When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 26 Witch Doctor's Hands

“From now on, callMrs. Luke. Jensen and | are legally married. I'm the mistress of the Luke family.”

Sharon didn’t bother pretending anymore.

She'd promised Jensen she wouldn't go public with their marriage just to keep it hidden from Natalie. But now

that Natalie was dead, she could finally bask in the sunlight with no shame.

The bodyguards froze for a second. Seeing how dazed Jensen looked, they quickly snapped to attention.

“Ma'am!”

Sharon smiled, satisfied.

“Knock Mr. Luke out and get him to the hospital. The president of Luke Corp can’t be seen in public like a

lunatic.”

The moment she said that, the bodyguards understood what needed to be done.

They stepped forward, still trying to reason with Jensen.

“Mr. Luke, Ms. Natalie is gone. Please, let her rest in peace.”

“Get lost!”

Jensen's bloodshot eyes were wild with grief. His face had gone pale, and a smear of blood dripped from the

corner of his lips. He was like a bow drawn far past its limit ready to snap.

Sharon gave a signal. The bodyguards didn’t hesitate anymore. One of them struck Jensen on the back of the

neck, knocking him out cold. Carefully, they lifted him into the car.

The remains he’d been clutching slipped from his arms and hit the ground, bones cracking and shattering.

The coroner scowled.

“We haven't done a DNA test yet. How am | supposed to file my report if you've already moved the body?”

“No need. She was the Summers family’s foster daughter, Natalie. | was there when the fire started. You saw

how badly Jensen was injured trying to save her. We called the cops - it’s not our fault you got here so late. Now

that my sister's dead, | won't make a fuss. Take this as a fire caused by faulty wiring and leave it at that.”

The coroner was stunned.

“Ma’am, this isn’t something you can just declare and be done with.”

“What? Are you saying the Luke family doesn’t carry weight in Ocean City anymore? Or do you need a new job?”

Sharon invoked the Luke family nlike a hammer.

The coroner swallowed his protests.

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In Ocean City, the Luke family were practically royalty. With Jensen incapacitated and Sharon legally his wife, she

spoke on their behalf and she was not someone he could afford to cross.

Sharon basked in the power.

This was the life she'd always wanted.

Born to a wealthy family even if she'd been switched at birth for eighteen years - she’d finally found her place.

With her elite bloodline, and now the title of Mrs. Luke, everything was falling into place.

Once Jensen recovered, he'd go back to doting on her.

After all, Natalie was dead, and she was the one still standing.

She didn’t believe she could lose to a corpse.

With a cold laugh, she said, “Clean up the scene. Cremate Natalie's remains. Bury her somewhere nearby. She

was only the Summers family’s foster daughter. She doesn’t belong in the family’s ancestral tomb.”

And with that, Sharon left.

The bodyguards followed her orders to the letter.

The remains were gathered and sent to the nearest crematorium. A small urn was quietly buried in a nearby

cemetery.

If Sharon had her way, she would've left the body out in the open to be picked clean by wild dogs. But she knew

if she went that far, Jensen would kill her.

She had clearly underestimated how much Natalie meant to him and how deeply her death had shaken him.

Meanwhile, in Murica-

Baron flew Natalie back to his territory by helicopter. Along the way, he kept her alive with oxygen and

emergency equipment. The moment they landed, he carried her straight into surgery.

As the operating room lights con, a crowd burst into the hallway.

“Where's Mr. Baron?!”

The man at the front was radiating fury. The people around him trembled in fear.

“Finn, Mr. Baron's in the OR performing surgery.”

The moment he heard that, Finn exploded.

“You people just let him do whatever the hell he wants?! Don’t you know how badly he’s injured?! He's a patient,

not a damn surgeon right now!”

He shoved aside the man who'd answered him and stormed toward the operating room.

“Baron, get your ass out here! | didn’t drag you out of a pile of corpses just so you could die on an operating

table! Get out here now!”

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He raised a hand to pound on the door, but a calm, cool woman stepped in front of him.

“Finn, you know Mr. Baron's rules. Once he’s inside, he’s the Witch Doctor. If you interrupt his surgery, how many

heads do you think you've got to spare?”

“Shauna, savethe speech! | know damn well he’s hurt all over. If he doesn’t treat those injuries, he’s

let him cout going to die! And if handing him my head is what it takes to get him to stop, then fine here and

cut it off!”

Finn's voice cracked, his eyes brimming with tears.

Shauna’s eyes welled up too.

“Finn, we've been with Mr. Baron for years. No one knows him better than we do. He's always valued his life

more than anything. And now, he’s throwing all of that aside to save the woman in that room. That should tell

you everything. Have you ever seen Mr. Baron care about anyone's life before? This is the first the’s saved

someone without demanding anything in return. The first the’s acted like... a man with a heart.”

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