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Chapter 38: The House of Lies

Author: Athisarae
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Lucian walked into the grand drawing room of the Rothschild estate and was met with a suffocating silence. He had left a family in ruins, and the pieces were still scattered where they had fallen. Simone stood by the fireplace, holding a whiskey. Sebastian was a crumpled figure on the sofa. Damien was a statue at the window, and Matilda sat apart from them all. Her face was pale and etched with a grief that was beyond tears.

“So,” Simone said. His voice was a low growl without turning around. “My prodigal brother returns. Have you come to survey the damage you have caused?”

“I have come to discuss our next move,” Lucian replied as he came to a stop in the center of the room.

“Our next move?” Simone scoffed, finally turning to face him. “There is no ‘our’. There is you, and there is this family, which you have just set on fire.”

It was Sebastian who spoke next. He looked up from his hands, his face pale and tear-streaked. His eyes were wide with a devastating, childlike confusion.

“So
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