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A Lie Hidden in the Numbers

Auteur: DEE-BEE
last update Date de publication: 2026-09-23 05:17:02

“The daughter” could have meant me.

It could also have meant Selene.

Evelyn Voss had no surviving daughter, and neither Caelan nor Lucien knew of another child.

We examined the transactions inside Father’s boardroom while Gideon’s security locked down the building.

“The numbers are a code,” I said. “Someone expected Lucien to recognise the trust.”

“I was never given access to it,” Lucien replied.

“But you knew it existed.”

“My mother told me she created something for both her sons.”

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