LOGINThe underground room was completely dark. Olivia looked at her mother. Her mother was still staring at the photograph. “Who is it?” Olivia asked. Her mother finally whispered, “Eleanor.” Olivia froze. Lucien immediately reacted. He could not believe his mother was connected to the photograph. “My mother?” Olivia’s mother nodded. She explained that Eleanor was present during one of the secret meetings Jonathan held before the Carter–Ashford feud exploded. But she insisted, “She wasn’t the person who betrayed us.” Olivia was confused. If Eleanor was there, why was she never mentioned? “Because she was trying to stop it,” her mother answered. The hidden door remained locked. Michael tried to force it open. Adrian examined the mechanism. Samuel, still weak from his injury, realized the door was not designed to keep people out. It was designed to keep people inside until the correct sequence was completed. Olivia searched the room. She noticed three symbols carved int
Olivia stood outside the Carter family estate. She had not returned since the investigation began. The house looked exactly as she remembered it, yet now she saw it differently. Every room could contain a secret. Every hallway could hide something Jonathan never told them. Lucien stayed beside her. He reminded her that they did not have to do this alone. “I grew up in this house,” Olivia said. “How did I never know what was underneath it?” Samuel, still weak from the gunshot, answered, “Because Jonathan didn’t want you to know until you were ready.” Before they entered, Olivia received a call from Richard. He asked where she was. She told him the truth: they were at the Carter estate. Richard immediately became concerned. He told her that Jonathan once specifically instructed him never to search beneath the house. Olivia asked why. “Because Jonathan told me the day would come when you would need to find it yourself.” Olivia realized Jonathan never trusted anyone ev
Samuel collapsed. Michael checked him at once. The bullet had missed a vital organ, but Samuel had lost a significant amount of blood. They needed to move him before the shooter returned. Lucien ordered everyone to leave the station. Adrian helped carry Samuel. Olivia refused to leave the photograph behind. She carefully folded it and placed it inside her bag. Before they left, she looked once more at the mysterious sixth person. Something about the figure felt familiar, though she could not explain why. Once they reached a secure location, Olivia showed everyone the message. “Now find the person who taught him to disappear.” Lucien believed the message came from the shooter. Michael disagreed. The sender knew Samuel’s history. That meant the person behind the message had access to information even they did not possess. Damien asked Samuel whether he knew who taught him to disappear. Samuel was unconscious. But before losing consciousness, he repeatedly whispered one name:
The call ended. Olivia still held the phone. Everyone stared at her. She told them exactly what Edmund Shaw had said: “Samuel Hart is alive.” Lucien immediately wanted to know how Edmund could have known they discovered Samuel. Michael realized something important. Edmund was not simply warning them. He was watching them. Richard told Olivia that Edmund had always been dangerous because he knew how to manipulate people without appearing involved. Olivia asked how much Richard had known about him. Richard admitted Edmund was one of the few lawyers Jonathan trusted. After Jonathan’s death, Edmund disappeared. Richard assumed he fled because he was afraid. Now he suspected Edmund disappeared because he knew exactly what was happening. Michael traced the information from Edmund’s call. The trail led to an old railway station outside the city. Samuel’s last known location was connected to the same area. Olivia insisted they go immediately. Lucien warned her it could be a tr
The room became completely silent after Olivia read the page. Lucien looked at Richard. Michael looked at Richard. Even Adrian became suspicious. Richard insisted he never signed the original agreement as a witness. “I was there when your father and Lucien’s father made the agreement,” he told Olivia. “But I never signed that page.” Olivia did not immediately know what to believe. She had spent the entire investigation discovering that people she trusted kept secrets from her. Now Richard’s name appeared in one of the most important documents they had found. Richard told her that if she doubted him, she had every right to investigate him. He refused to demand her trust. That only made Olivia more conflicted. Olivia examined the handwriting on the back of Page Seven. She noticed something strange. Jonathan’s handwriting looked slightly different from the writing on his other documents. Michael compared it with several authentic letters. The differences were subtle. The ha
Everyone stared at the photograph of the original agreement. Lucien could not take his eyes off his father’s signature. Olivia asked her mother, “Are you sure that’s his handwriting?” Her mother confirmed that it looked exactly like it. She remembered seeing Lucien’s father sign documents many times. But she immediately added, “That doesn’t mean he agreed to what was written.” Lucien was relieved by the possibility, yet still deeply unsettled. He asked why his father would have signed anything connected to the Carter–Ashford conflict. They examined the document carefully. The agreement was created years before Olivia and Lucien were married. It was originally meant to protect both families from outside interference. Jonathan and Lucien’s father had agreed to share certain financial responsibilities and protect confidential family information. This confirmed something important: Olivia’s father and Lucien’s father really were allies, just as the story had established from t







