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Chapter Forty-Three

Author: Pavora
last update publish date: 2026-06-03 18:05:28
Hospitals had a way of stripping people down.

No titles.

No power.

No control.

Just waiting.

Aaron stood outside the ICU, staring through the glass.

Machines.

Wires.

Stillness.

His grandfather—Edward Blackwood—lay unmoving.

The man who had built everything.

The man who had raised him.

Reduced to silence.

A doctor stepped out.

“Mr. Blackwood,” he said gently.

Aaron turned immediately.

“His condition is critical, but s
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