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The heir they fear
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2026-11-01 02:13:55The cemetery fell silent.
Charles Vale stood beyond the gates, his eyes fixed on Victoria.
Elena's heart raced.
“He knows where Lily is?” she asked.
Victoria didn't answer.
“Tell me!”
Victoria looked at her.
“Yes.”
Adrian stepped forward.
“Where is she?”
Charles smiled from across the cemetery.
“Safe.”
Elena's eyes narrowed.
“If she's safe, let me speak to her.”
Charles shook his head.
“Not yet.”
Adrian moved toward the gates.
Charles immediately raised a hand.
“Don't.”
Adrian stopped.
“You've threatened my daughter.”
Charles looked at him.
“Your daughter?”
He laughed quietly.
“That is exactly the problem.”
Elena felt a chill.
“What does that mean?”
Charles looked directly at her.
“Lily isn't just your daughter.”
“She is.”
“She is also the person who can destroy everything the Blackwoods built.”
Richard stepped forward.
“You've been looking for the ledger.”
Charles smiled.
“No.”
He looked at Elena.
“I've been looking for the heir.”
Elena tightened her grip around the notebook.
“Why?”
“Because Catherine Vale believed the truth should belong to someone who couldn't be bought.”
He pointed toward the notebook.
“She chose the next generation.”
Elena looked down.
“Lily.”
Charles nodded.
“She is the protected heir.”
Adrian's expression hardened.
“And what do you want from her?”
“Nothing.”
“Then why take her?”
Charles's smile disappeared.
“Because someone else is coming for her.”
Elena froze.
“Who?”
Charles looked at Victoria.
“She knows.”
All eyes turned toward Victoria.
Victoria remained silent.
Elena stepped closer.
“You said you knew where Lily was.”
“I do.”
“Then tell me.”
Victoria's voice was quiet.
“She is with someone I trusted.”
Elena's stomach dropped.
“Who?”
Victoria looked toward Adrian.
“Your aunt.”
Adrian frowned.
“I don't have an aunt.”
Victoria's face tightened.
“Not anymore.”
Richard looked confused.
“Victoria…”
“She disappeared years ago.”
Elena remembered the name.
“Catherine?”
Victoria nodded.
“Catherine Vale.”
Elena's heart raced.
“But she was dead.”
“No.”
Victoria looked toward the dark cemetery.
“She survived.”
Charles stepped forward.
“And she has Lily.”
Elena's face went pale.
“Why would she take my daughter?”
“Because she believes Lily belongs to the agreement.”
Adrian shook his head.
“My daughter belongs with her mother.”
Charles looked at him.
“Then you should find her before Catherine decides otherwise.”
Elena looked at Charles.
“Take me to her.”
Charles shook his head.
“Not yet.”
“Why?”
“Because Catherine gave me one condition.”
“What condition?”
Charles looked at Victoria.
“She wants the original ledger.”
Elena looked down at the notebook.
“This?”
Charles nodded.
“Give it to me.”
Adrian stepped between them.
“No.”
Charles looked at him.
“Then Lily stays where she is.”
Elena's heart broke.
She reached for Adrian's arm.
“Wait.”
Adrian turned.
“Elena…”
“If the ledger is what they want, we can use it to get Lily back.”
Richard shook his head.
“You don't know what you're giving away.”
Elena looked at him.
“I know exactly what I'm risking.”
She held the notebook tightly.
“My daughter.”
Charles extended his hand.
Elena took one step forward.
Then stopped.
“How do I know Lily is alive?”
Charles pulled out his phone.
He played a short video.
Lily was sitting in a room, safe and calm.
Her eyes were frightened.
But she was unharmed.
“Mum?”
Elena's heart shattered.
She reached toward the screen.
“Lily!”
The video ended.
Elena looked at Charles.
“Where is she?”
“Give me the ledger.”
She looked at Adrian.
He nodded reluctantly.
Elena handed the notebook to Charles.
He took it.
But before he could turn away, Elena noticed something.
A page had been torn from the back.
“Wait.”
Charles stopped.
“The final page.”
He looked at her.
“You took it.”
Charles smiled.
“Good.”
He reached into his coat and removed a folded sheet.
“This is what Catherine really wants.”
He handed it to Elena.
She opened it.
Only one sentence was written there.
THE HEIR WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE LILY.
Elena looked up.
“What?”
Charles's expression became serious.
“Lily is only the key.”
He turned away.
“The real heir is still missing.”
Then he walked into the darkness.
Elena stared after him.
Adrian stepped beside her.
“Who is the real heir?”
Victoria looked at Richard.
Richard looked at the ground.
Nobody answered.
Then Elena noticed something written on the bottom of the page.
A name.
Her own.
ELENA ROSE BENNETT.
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