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Chapter 16

Author: Taylor
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-13 14:28:58

THE ULTIMATUM

(Damien's POV)

The Blackwood estate was dark except for one light. Eleanor's study. She never slept. Just sat in her chair like a spider waiting to strike.

I crept through the hallways I'd known since childhood. My footsteps were silent on the Persian rugs. Every shadow looked like a threat. Every creak of the old house made my heart race.

The study door was closed. I pressed my ear against the wood. Silence.

She wasn't there.

I pulled out the key I'd stolen from her desk three years ago. Back when I was learning to be the perfect Blackwood heir. The door opened with a soft click.

Eleanor's study smelled like expensive perfume and old secrets. Books lined the walls from floor to ceiling. Most of them were about war. Strategy. How to destroy your enemies completely.

I walked to the painting of my great-grandfather. Behind it was Eleanor's private safe.

My hands shook as I entered the code. Eleanor's birthday backwards. The same code she'd used for twenty years.

The safe o
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