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The house was silent, an eerie, oppressive kind of quiet that only seemed to make the place feel larger. Only the soft, intermittent beeping of electronics and the echo of Lucas’s footsteps broke through as he climbed the grand staircase, his hand trailing absently along the polished mahogany rail.

He moved with purpose, heading straight for her room.

“Sir,” Beth called softly from the hallway, intercepting him before he could open the door.

Lucas paused and turned slightly, his expression unreadable.

"How is she?" he questioned.

“I’m sorry,” Beth began, keeping her voice low. “We couldn’t carry out your instructions. We told her it was from you. That she had to eat. To let us treat her injuries. But she just sat there. Ignored us entirely.”

Lucas's irritation was clear. He didn't approve f their incompetence.

She hesitated.

“She even threw something at one of the maids,” she added.

"That’s when we left her alone."

Lucas simply nodded, his face blank as stone. Without another word
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