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CHAPTER 18: THE PROPOSITION

Author: Lady poma
last update publish date: 2025-11-21 19:37:46

The Vaughn estate was even more impressive than I had imagined.

The taxi dropped me at massive iron gates guarded by men in dark suits. They checked my name against a list and waved me through. The driveway wound through manicured gardens for nearly a mile before the house came into view.

House was not the right word. It was a mansion. A fortress of stone and glass that looked like it belonged in a European countryside, not on the outskirts of an American city.

I smoothed my dress as I climbed
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