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Chapter 61 — The Name Elias Vale

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The gun was pointed at Ethan.

But the voice belonged to his brother.

“Elias.”

Ethan didn't move.

Neither did Ava.

The figure stood halfway down the staircase, his face caught by the weak beam of Marcus's flashlight.

Alexander Blackwood's face.

Ethan Vale's voice.

For one dangerous second, the past and present seemed to collide.

Then Ethan noticed the gun.

The man's finger wasn't on the trigger.

It rested along the frame.

Training.

Control.

Not panic.

Ethan lowered his hand slightly.

“Ethan?”

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