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The Fall of the Patriarch
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2026-06-14 09:05:00The sound of breaking glass shattered the air like a thousand screams, and I watched the man who had owned my life for so long disappear over the edge into nothing.
I lay strapped to the hospital bed in Victor’s private clinic, my wrists and ankles raw from pulling against the leather restraints. The baby kicked hard inside me, six months of life fighting against the terror that gripped every part of my body. Damien and Victor were locked in a brutal struggle just a few feet away
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