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Episode 28 — The Trade

Auteur: Danny Walker
last update Date de publication: 2026-03-18 16:51:28

The silence in the grand hall felt suffocating.

Alexander stood at the base of the staircase.

Gun in hand.

Isabella beside him.

Across the hall, his mother sat bound to the chair between two armed guards.

Bruised.

Exhausted.

But alive.

Her eyes locked onto Alexander.

“Alexander…”

Her voice trembled.

He felt something inside his chest tighten painfully.

For years, he had built walls around his emotions.

But seeing her like this

Broken.

Helpless.

Because of his father, made the rage inside him bu
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