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Chapter 22

Penulis: Grace
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Conflicting Allegiances.

Even the rich mahogany furniture and heavy velvet drapes could not completely absorb the volatile tension that crackled in Don Romano's lavish study, which is typically a haven of quiet power.

In the icy seclusion of her current reality, Violet was unraveling yet another shard of memory, a piece of a mosaic from her past.

Her father, a man whose existence in her memory was now obscured by layers of recently revealed complexity, stood in front of Don Romano, his shoulders slightly rigid but with a

straight stance that suggested a well-managed defiance.

Don Romano spoke with a low rumble that seemed to reverberate through the floorboards

as he sat like a brooding eagle behind his enormous desk, his face a landscape of stern authority.

His words were sharp and exact.

"Protection is an expensive endeavor," he said, the word brimming with a hint of danger.

Particularly when the dangers are growing from every direction.

Isn't vigilance necessary given our mutual
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