DID YOU REALLY NOT SUSPECT ME ALL THIS TIME? NOT EVEN ONCE?
EVERYTHING I'VE DONE UP UNTIL NOW...
...WAS PART OF THE PLAY THAT I STAGED JUST FOR YOU.
ROXANA!!
YOU WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!
KHOFF!!!
KHAK KHAK!
DOES THIS SPELL... USE BLOOD AS A MEDIUM...?!
DID SHE MAKE ME SPILL FONTAINE'S BLOOD... IN A HIDDEN MAGIC CIRCLE?!!
WHY...
...DID YOU LET YOUR GUARD DOWN, FATHER?
EEK!
AAGH!!
YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TAUGHT ME...
...THAT LOVE AND TRUST BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS WERE NOTHING BUT ILLUSIONS.
BUT I DON'T BLAME YOU FOR LETTING YOURSELF BE DECEIVED. I WAS ALWAYS A GOOD GIRL TO YOU.
YOU... F*CKING...
HRGH!
YOU B*TCH...!
GET HER,
DEON...!
DEON.
WHAT...?!
DEON BETRAYED ME TOO?!!
XANA!
SORRY I KEPT YOU WAITING! I'M HERE--
HUH...?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
JEREMY! MY SON! I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT HIM!!
HURRY... COME HERE AND HELP--
SHOUT
DEON, YOU BASTARD!!
LET GO OF HER HAND RIGHT NOW, OR ELSE!!
BOTH OF XANA'S HANDS ARE MINE TO HOLD!!
I'M SORRY FATHER, BUT EVERYONE IN THE AGRECE FAMILY HAS TURNED THEIR BACKS ON YOU.
BUT DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH.
WE'LL KEEP YOU ALIVE FOR THE TIME BEING.
YOU MIGHT STILL COME IN HANDY SOMEDAY.
DID YOU JUST ARRIVE, YOUNG MASTER?
YES.
HOW IS EVERYTHING GOING?
WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM INSIDE.
DO YOU THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO START MOVING?
THIS NOISE MEANS THAT...
...SHE HAS ALREADY MADE THE FIRST MOVE.
WE WILL WAIT HERE FOR A BIT LONGER.
SOON ENOUGH,
I'LL BREAK FREE FROM ALL MY BAD TIES.
In Roxana Chapter Draft 38, Roxana reveals the blood magic trap she set against her father, completely upending the balance within the Agrece family. Caught in the magic circle prepared with Fontaine's blood, the father expects help from Deon, only to realize that he too has betrayed him. With Jeremy's arrival, the cornered father's life is spared for now, while those outside watch and wait for the move Roxana has initiated.
