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CHAPTER 71
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2026-01-11 22:05:24
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Morning came slowly to Blackstone with a quietness that felt earned after the past few days of storm within the walls.Light of the early morning rays slipped through the tall windows in soft bands, cutting across the room in muted gold. It settled over the bed where Althea and Dominic lay, still wrapped in the aftermath of everything they had chosen the night before.For a moment, nothing moved.Then Althea stirred.Her eyes opened slowly, adjusting to the light, to the stillness, to the unfamiliar absence of tension in her chest.She felt it still inside of her but relieved because it had somehow lessened and became quieter.She shifted slightly her eyes checking the clock on her bed and saw it read ten past six.And felt him.Dominic’s arm was still around her, firm even in sleep, his hold instinctive, unguarded in a way he never allowed himself to be when awake.His breathing was even and steady.
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Something in Dominic shifted quietly, but deeply as Althea’s words settled into him.Not just heard but felt it.“Even now?” He asked, his voice lower, more careful, as if the answer carried more weight than he was ready to hold.He looked down at her, searching as though he needed to see it in her eyes, not just hear it.Althea didn’t hesitate.She nodded.“Yes.”The certainty in her voice didn’t waver, even if everything else still did.A quiet breath left him, almost unsteady.For a man who had built his life on control, on precision, on knowing exactly where he stood, what Althea had said to him was different.This was something he couldn’t predict.Something he didn’t want to.“I don’t know how to fix everything.” Althea admitted softly. Her gaze dropped for a moment before returning to him, honest and unguarded. “I do
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The walk back to her room felt longer than usual. Not because the distance had changed but because she had.Althea slowed when she reached Nicholas’ door and opened it quietly.Inside, the lights were soft, warm, untouched by the chaos that had consumed everything else.Nicholas lay asleep, peaceful in a way that felt almost unreal after everything that had happened. One arm was thrown over the blanket, his breathing steady, unbothered. The other one clutching her dinosaur plushie.His other dinosaur toys are lined up on the empty side of the bed with the wooden knight on the center.Seraphina sat beside him, clutching the book she must have read for her.Her gaze lifted the moment Althea stepped in, staying by the door.And for a second, nothing was said.Seraphina studied and saw everything from the redness of her eyes to the quiet exhaustion. She rose slowly and walked toward her. Then gently, she reached out, her fing
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Althea felt her body drained when she finally went up the stairs that evening. Her talk with Helena and Michael, where she let out all bottled-up pain, had somehow been a part of it.Throughout the day, she was in the medical wing because there were two emergency cases that came in that needed complex surgeries. With one of the surgeries becoming critical, Althea had no choice but to call on her father for additional help despite the storm still unresolved within her.The operating room doors swung open with a sharp hiss.Cold air rushed out to meet her, bright lights, sterile white and chaos is still controlled.“BP dropping—seventy over forty!” The nurse called out firmly. “Pupils sluggish—left side dilating!”“Doctor—.”“I see it.” Althea answered unshaken.But beneath her calm stand, something trembled inside of her. Seeing the patient’s chart, she already thr
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A firmer knock came again.Before Althea could respond, the door opened.Michael stepped in, and with him came something steady. Whenever he arrives, he brings with him something grounding that could cut through the storm she had been holding inside.“You’re needed in the Consultation Room.” He said patiently.Althea straightened out of instinct, shoulders pulling back, composure snapping into place the way it always did when duty called.She took a steadying breath.“I’ll handle it.”“No.” Came Michael’s calm and immediate refusal.Althea frowned, her eyes narrowing slightly at him.“It’s only minor, Thea.” Michael added, his tone gentle but firm. “I’m sure that Helena will take care of it.”She stilled.For a moment, something flickered across her face, not just irritation, but the quiet recognition that she was bein
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The door closed behind Althea with a soft, deliberate click.No one followed her or tried to stop her.And somehow, that made everything heavier.Her office welcomed her the way it always did. It was quiet, sterile, untouched by the chaos unraveling beyond its walls.The faint scent of antiseptic lingered in the air, clean and controlled, a world where things made sense. A place where she feels safe and whole.Where outcomes could be measured, where lives could still be saved.Not like this.Althea stood in the center of the room, unmoving. Her hands hung loosely at her sides, but tension lived in every finger, every muscle. Like something inside her was coiling tighter, waiting for release.Alive.The word echoed again.Her parents were alive.She should have felt relief, much more felt joy.She knew that she should have run back to them, held them again, let herself believe she had gotten something
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Dominic stilled slightly and he turned to look at Seraphina.“The letter.” Seraphina clarified softly. “And the box.”"The one that I gave to you when we met inside the chapel."He shook his head.“No.” He answered and then pause for a while. “I haven’t.”Seraphina studied him.She did not look dis
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The war room didn’t even follow him.After Dominic stepped out from the room, even after the doors closed behind him, it felt like the war still clung to his shoulders. He feels the weight of every decision, every shift, every looming consequence had embedded itself into him.The corridor outside w
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Sebastian’s eyes shifted slightly towards the far wall as if already seeing beyond it. His gaze looked as though it could look past concrete, past distance and past time.“He’s going to bring the war to us.” He announced tightly. “We need to prepare for it.”Silence.Heavy.Immediate.Because that
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The war room didn’t celebrate, not even after what they had just done.There were no raised voices. No sighs of relief from any one of them. No one leaned back in their chair or allowed themselves the illusion that it was over.Because men like them didn’t win like that.They didn’t end wars in a s
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