All Chapters of The Heiress Returns: Reclaiming My Legacy: Chapter 191 - Chapter 195

Chapter 190 Lucas' POV "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…" The priest's voice broke through the heavy silence like a distant echo, carried by the cold wind that whipped through the cemetery with bitter insistence. My fingers clenched tighter around the folded handkerchief I was holding. The white fabric was already damp from tears I didn't even remember shedding, soaked through in places where I'd pressed it against my eyes trying to stem the endless flow. Damon's coffin rested in the earth before us, polished wood gleaming beneath the gray sky like some cruel mirror reflecting back our collective grief. Mahogany, because he'd once joked that if he ever died young, he wanted to go out in style. I'd laughed then. The sound of shovels digging into the dirt felt like thunder to my ears, impossibly loud in the hushed stillness. Each thud of falling sand hit me like a heartbeat that refused to stop, a rhythm that marked time I wished would simply cease. He's really gone. The thought ci

Chapter 192 Hannah's POV Both Lucas and Piper had been numb since Damon's death. Lucas hardly spoke. He just sat sometimes, staring at nothing for long minutes before pretending to be fine again. Piper… she hadn't smiled once. Her eyes were always red, even when she tried to act normal. And me …. I didn't even know what I was supposed to feel anymore. Every time I closed my eyes, I could picture the way Damon fell, the sound of the gun, the look on his face when he smiled that one last time. It played over and over like a cruel movie reel I couldn't turn off. He died because of me. Because he tried to protect me. Because I was the one Lily wanted dead. I've never felt such guilt in my entire life. Sometimes, when Lucas would reach for my hand, I'd pull away just slightly, afraid of tainting him with the darkness that's been living inside me since that night. He doesn't deserve to carry my guilt too. I wish I could turn back time, stop Damon from following us, stop the bulle

Chapter 194The sun was warm and golden, spilling over the white roses that lined the aisle. Hannah stood beneath the archway, her veil fluttering gently in the breeze, her heart pounding as Lucas’s eyes found hers.Everything they had been through — the chaos, the heartbreak, the loss, the redemption — had led to this one perfect moment.Piper smiled from the front row, tears in her eyes. A year ago, she could barely smile after Damon’s death, but now, with Gavin’s hand intertwined with hers, there was light again. As the ceremony reached its end and the crowd erupted into cheers, Gavin turned to her, knelt on one knee, and pulled out a small velvet box.Piper gasped.“Piper,” he said softly, “will you make me as happy as Lucas and Hannah are today?”Laughter, tears, applause — it was a moment of pure healing, love, and new beginnings.When Hannah tossed her bouquet, it landed squarely in Piper’s hands.Everyone laughed. Even from above, Damon must have been smiling.The End.---Pro