n the room wa

into his ear like a familiar ghost. It didn't matter how pixelated the footage was. Adrian would recognize that

their wor

ed the tension. "W

ed. "But if she gave it to hi

hink she

Victoria doesn't kill child

use, thirty m

ox in his lap. He hadn't opened it. Not yet. His fingers traced the

daddy this

room and knelt befo

at him, uncertain

e's just worried. About

ox from Caleb's hand

with a pendant shaped like a

ded note, inked in her

he Devereux empi

hright. Now I'll

hands t

, her voice a mix of fury an

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, across

ind tugging at her crimson silk robe. She sipped from a delicate po

in a tailored suit

dark. No signal from

. "Of course they have. He's a Devereu

oesn't respond th

g. But this time..." She turned, her eyes gleaming. "This time I hold the pieces. The he

ile wi

y bloody

the safe

the chaos his bloodline now carried. She looked up as

said. "She's been funneling money into shell c

" Leah asked. "Why no

"Because she doe

breath

nts you

nts you

d a beat. "Me? Why?

rything to me. That's enough to make you

ed her eyes

toria a letter before he died. A confession of sorts. He warned her a

Are you saying.

e connected to me. Someone I'd pro

them, thick and taut

k Victoria believes you are th

m-lit room bathed

staring at a wall of photographs. Leah. Adrian. Caleb. Even Marcus. Each photo me

b's image with

"So much potential... and

ck interr

om

silver case. "We found the necklace

hand froz

she echoed,

t she disappeared. We believe Adrian kept it hidden. I

ly, a storm swirlin

oned me. And now his son dares to love a

loser to the

them. Until the name Deve

iled d

M

the safe

rian sat motionless, star

ly's secrets to destroy every

kno

you goin

to her. Cold. Focus

g to stop

an s

ck the Devereux name-

oser. "You won'

at moment-an unbreakable bond forg

sleep, unaware of the

he night, a

s no longer

d com

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