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Chapter 38: Doubts, Ghosts, and Silent Loyalty

Author: Emel Emerald
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-28 06:21:55
The corridors of Blackwood Mansion were never still.

When the rest of the world slept, inside the house something breathed.

Moved.

Watched.

Nathaniel leaned against the chill of the stone wall at the rear of the east wing, the mist of his breath foggy in the morning.

He hadn't slept.

Hadn't even tried.

His mind was a war-torn area of old fear and new doubt, each thought colliding with the next.

> Leya.

Her name resonated off his ribcage like an open sore.

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Nathaniel's Study — 3:00 A.M.

The room reeked of stale smoke and remorse.

Nathaniel was sprawled across his massive oak desk, a whiskey glass nearly full near his elbow. The fire spat, but he'd yet to add another log.

Outside, the world slept under a shroud of mist.

And here, in this room, so did he.

She'd told him she worked nights. She'd told him she did it for her brother.

And God have mercy on him—he'd not believed her.

Because trust was a risk. Trusting had gotten Harrison killed once—and
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