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CHAPTER 91

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The library had become Althea’s refuge when she’s in the Valtieri estate. It’s not because it was safe, but because it was predictable. Books did not lie and charts did not manipulate. Medicine did not demand loyalty in exchange for survival.

She sat at the long table with a medical text open in front of her, sunlight filtering through tall arched windows. Her pen moving in clean, precise strokes as she reviewed her patients’ charts, making her notes. Anyone watching her from afar would see com
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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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    That made Dominic still.“What.”“The Valtieri heir does not happen by chance.” Seraphina started to explain. “It is already arranged and decided. It’s already secured.”A pause.“And if the chosen path fails…” Her eyes darkened slightly. “They’re going to create another.”Dominic’s expression hardened.“You’re saying—.”“What I’m saying, Dominic,” Seraphina cut in calmly, “that if Althea had remained visible, if her parents had remained alive and known because of their work, she would have been taken earlier.”The words landed.Cold and final.Dominic didn’t move.“They would not have asked.” Seraphina continued. “They would not have negotiated. They’re going to force it.”Dominic’s voice dropped.“And her parents?”Seraphina held his gaze.“They would have been used.”Silence.Heavy.“To make her agree and to ensure compliance.” Seraphina said quietly. “To ensure she became what they needed her to be.”Dominic exhaled slowly.“They would have held them over her.” He stated.“Yes.”“

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    Dominic did not sleep.The night dragged itself into morning, but for him, time never really moved.He remained in the lower hall, the dim lights casting long shadows across the floor, the silence pressing in from every direction.Blackstone was secure, the house settling after the ordeal that happened.Althea, still in shock, was with her parents.Nicholas is still asleep and still heavily guarded.Everything has been contained except for Dominic.He stood by the window now, staring out at nothing, his mind threading through everything that had been revealed. Not as fragments anymore but as something whole.A design.A long one.Too long.Alessandro Valtieri, his father, had been dead for nearly twenty years.And yet, he’s still seemed to be with them, still deciding, still shaping outcomes.Dominic’s jaw tightened.“That doesn’t make sense.” He muttered under his breath.But it did.That was the problem.Footsteps echoed softly behind him.Seraphina.He didn’t turn right away.“You

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    The words hit hard.Althea’s voice dropped.“Everything.”“Yes.”A beat.“Even if it meant you losing them.”The silence that followed was unbearable as the truth unfolded.Althea let out a sharp but broken laugh.“How nice! Your father decided on his own.” She said as her eyes snapped back to Dominic, her voice trembling now. “He made a decision that I should grow up believing I had no family because that was the best solution?”Dominic stepped forward.“Althea—”“Don’t!” She shouted, cutting through him cleanly.Her eyes lost their sharp focus for a moment, not empty, but distant as she is trying to process something that refused to make sense. Disbelief settled first, visible in the slight furrow of her brows, the quiet resistance in her gaze.Then it shifted as understanding crept in and her jaw tightened.Her breathing grew heavier, more deliberate, like she was forcing herself to stay composed. Her fingers curled slightly at her sides, tension building but contained.When her ey

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    Althea didn’t speak for a long while as she stayed in Dominic’s arms.The silence between them had changed, not heavy, not sharp but fragile. Like something carefully held together, one wrong word away from breaking.Dominic stayed where he was.Waiting.Because now he understood that when she spok

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