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The Cage And The Key.

Author: Zammie
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-12 15:00:44

For a moment, no one spoke.

Then Vince leaned forward, his elbows on his knees, his voice like stone. “From this moment on, you don’t go anywhere without one of us. Not to the store. Not to the club. Not even to the damn balcony without someone knowing.”

Lucy’s fists clenched in her lap. “So that’s it? You’ll just lock me up even tighter now? Prove me right that I’m nothing more than a bird in your golden cage?”

Her words hung heavy, trembling with anger but beneath them, she couldn’t hide the thread of fear.

Because for the first time, she wondered if her brothers weren’t exaggerating. Maybe the cage wasn’t just their paranoia. Maybe the world really was waiting for her to slip up…

And maybe tonight, she had just handed them the key.

The SUV hummed as it pulled away from the curb. She sat pressed against the leather seat, arms crossed tightly, trying to appear calm while her pulse pounded like a trapped bird in her chest.

Her brothers didn’t give her the mercy of silence for long.

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