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Chapter 31: Bloodline Secrets

Author: Lily Small
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-08 04:26:28

Karen stood at the gate of her old apartment building, the place where everything began. The air smelled like city dust and memories some comforting, most not.

Henry stood beside her, silent. No suit today just a dark coat, hands in his pockets, but his presence was still sharp. Protective.

“You don’t have to go up alone,” he said.

Karen shook her head. “I do. I need to face what I left behind.”

She walked through the lobby and up the narrow stairs to the old apartment. The hallway light flickered. She hesitated, then pushed the key into the door yes, she still had it and stepped inside.

Everything was just as she’d left it. Dust. Old photos on the shelf. The small cracked mirror she used to talk to herself in. A version of Karen Blake who didn’t know she came from power or danger.

Then a knock.

She turned sharply not at the front door, but the bedroom window.

Outside stood Jace.

He raised his hands casually, like he had every right to be there.

Karen didn’t move just stared, memories
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