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The impossible box
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Owned By My Father's Rival The beginning
Chapter 100: The BeginningThe photograph trembled in Elena's hands.Nadia—her Nadia—young and smiling, holding a baby who could have been any baby but was her. The same eyes. The same stubborn set of the jaw. The same way of holding her mouth when she was trying not to cry.Mariya watched her from across the nursery.The mobile of hand-painted stars spun slowly overhead. Dust motes danced in the shafts of light filtering through the high windows. The crib stood empty in the corner, waiting for a baby who had never come—until now."When did she give you this?" Elena asked."The day before she died. She came to me. She said, 'I'm going to jump. I need you to promise me something.'""What?""That you would give this to her daughter. When the time was right.""And you decided the time was now?"Mariya nodded."I'm dying. Cancer. The same cancer that killed Sergei. The same cancer that's killing my brother. I don't have much time left.""I'm sorry.""Don't be." Mariya walked to the window
Owned By My Father's Rival The almost
Chapter 99: The AlmostThe apartment was quiet for the first time in months.No phones ringing. No threats looming. No shadows moving in the courtyard that might have been men with guns. Just the soft sounds of a Sunday morning—coffee brewing, Nadia cooing in her crib, Lucien's footsteps on the hardwood floor.Elena stood by the window.The tree in the courtyard was blooming again. White flowers that smelled like honey. The fountain was running, the water catching the morning light and throwing it back in scattered diamonds."Elena."She turned.Lucien was holding two mugs."Coffee?""Always."He handed her one.She wrapped her hands around the warmth."What are you thinking?" he asked."That I don't know who I am anymore.""You're Elena.""That's not an answer."He stepped closer."It's the only one I have."---Nadia—the elder Nadia—was in the kitchen.She had moved into the apartment two weeks ago. She slept on the couch, though Elena had offered her the spare room. She said the co
Owned By My Father's Rival The weight of mercy
Chapter 98: The Weight of MercyYuri's blood pooled on the nursery floor.The same floor where Elena had once found the bearer bonds. The same room where Isabella had hidden her secrets. The same walls that had witnessed decades of lies and love and loss. Now they witnessed another man fallen, his breath shallow, his eyes fluttering between consciousness and darkness.Lucien knelt beside him.The gun was still in his hand. His face was pale. His hands were steady."He needs a hospital," Elena said."He needs to die.""No." She knelt beside him. "He needs to face what he's done.""He'll never face it. He'll run. He'll hide. He'll come back.""Then we'll be ready."Lucien looked at her."You trust him?""I trust justice.""Same thing.""No." She took his hand. "Different thing."---Yuri's eyes opened.He looked at Lucien. At Elena. At the blood spreading beneath him."You shot me.""You were going to shoot her.""I was going to shoot all of you.""Same thing.""No." Yuri coughed. Blood
Owned By My Father's Rival The living and the dead
Chapter 97: The Living and the DeadThe suite fell silent.Elena stood frozen in the doorway, her eyes locked on the woman who had raised her. The woman who had read her bedtime stories. The woman who had kissed her scraped knees. The woman who had died at the bottom of a cliff.Nadia was thinner than Elena remembered. Gray streaked her dark hair. Wrinkles framed her eyes. Her hands were knotted with arthritis, her shoulders curved with age. But her face. Her face was the same."You're alive," Elena whispered.Nadia nodded."All these years.""All these years.""I buried you.""I know.""I mourned you.""I know.""I hated myself for not saving you."Nadia's eyes glistened."I'm sorry.""That's not an answer.""It's the only one I have."---Yuri stood by the window.His arms were crossed. His face was calm. His eyes moved between Elena and Nadia like a man watching a tennis match."Touching," he said.Lucien's gun was in his hand."Yuri.""Lucien.""Let her go.""She's not a prisoner.
Owned By My Father's Rival The impossible box
Chapter 96: The Impossible BoxThe hallway was empty.Lucien stood in the doorway, the box in his hands, the note still clutched in his fingers. The wood was warm. The carving was familiar. The same flowers Isabella had painted on the box that held her letters from prison.Elena hadn't moved.Her eyes were fixed on the box. Her hands were frozen at her sides. Behind her, in the nursery, Nadia slept."Close the door," she said.Lucien stepped inside.Closed it.Locked it.The box sat on the kitchen table.The note lay beside it.For Nadia. From her grandmother. The one you thought was dead.Elena read the words again."Isabella is dead.""We watched her die.""We buried her."Lucien was quiet."Did we?"---The room tilted.Elena grabbed the edge of the table. The wood was cold beneath her fingers. The box was warm. Warm like it had been held recently. Warm like someone had carried it here."Open it," she said."Elena—""Open it."Lucien lifted the lid.Inside was a photograph.Two wom
Owned By My Father's Rival The doorway
Chapter 95: The DoorwayThe apartment felt smaller after Yuri's call.The walls pressed closer. The windows seemed thinner. Every shadow in the courtyard looked like a man waiting. Elena had not slept. Neither had Lucien. They sat in the dark living room, Nadia's monitor between them, the city humming its indifferent song outside."We should leave," Elena said."Where?""Somewhere he won't find us.""There's no such place.""Then somewhere he won't follow."Lucien was quiet."He'll follow us anywhere.""Then we stay.""Yes."She looked at him."And fight.""Yes."---Reyes arrived at dawn.She looked worse than yesterday. Dark circles under her eyes. Coffee shaking in her hand. Her jacket was rumpled, her hair was unwashed, and her gun was visible at her hip."You look terrible," Elena said."I've been up all night.""Tracing Yuri?""Trying to.""Any luck?"Reyes sat at the kitchen table."He's here. In the city. We know that much. But he's using old networks. People who owe his fathe
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