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Chapter 72: The Headline

Auteur: Ifywrites
last update Date de publication: 2026-08-28 20:22:34

By sunrise on Friday, the news cycle had exploded across every television network, radio station, and digital newspaper in the city.

The front page of the Daily Chronicle bore a massive, sweeping headline printed in bold black ink that occupied half the page:

THE SECRET OF THE KING ESTATE: TWO DAUGHTERS, A BOMB

Underneath the headline was a clear, sharp photograph of Evelyn Vance standing beside Arthur at a charity function two months prior, flanked by a smaller, grainier mugshot of Lily taken
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