weary on the inside. But it was quiet. Anonymous. No curious e

ling beside her. Morning sunlight filtered through th

ad neve

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is time it wasn't Lucien. It

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et it

ain. An

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urgent. "Lucien's lawyers are demanding you return to the pen

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opped h

. "What does Lucien

on the other end

.Mo

s an agreement. Vincent promised to keep you out of it. But cle

ng?" Calysta stood

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mmed into her

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her... to dest

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, the view of the skyline beh

d've bee

its final stages. Billions at stake. Bu

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look up. "Do

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won

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calm. "If she wanted to destroy me

but Lucien knew the

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re in months. Not

he same-cold, p

oking older, sharper. The years had

e here because you finally reali

whispered. "You

he Thorne family has always been a disease. I thou

ed me off

is busines

" she hissed.

family. I did what I had to do. If you had been smart

scraped

, ready to

sto

to them?" she a

lence was an

. "What did you do

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d her more than any

lysta stared at the c

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ust destroyed h

enge a family she ha

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uld she sti

at the edge of the rooftop gar

earpiece. "You're going to lose co

closed

have," he s

hotograph from

, Lucien Thorne didn't feel lik

broken the only thing t

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