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Chapter 8: The First Wife's Game

Penulis: Elian Grey
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Raine

"You're not ready for what she's going to tell you."

Kade's low, almost hesitant, and that alone gives me a chill. The guy who gave Cassian the shot without question… is now warning me.

Across the cold metal table, the burner phone keeps ringing quietly. The call is ended, but Pandora's voice lingers like a ghost in my head.

The first wife.

"You're saying she's alive?" I ask, glaring at Kade.

"I'm saying she never died." He starts pacing. "Larsson staged her death, he said she overdosed, but she vanished before the autopsy could reveal otherwise. Roman has reports… redacted to hell. But there is no death certificate. No burial.

"So where has she been, all this time?"

Kade hesitates. Smiles. "Waiting."

A chill runs down my spine. "Waiting for what?"

"For you."

Before I can process that, the steel door creaks open. A woman steps inside.

She doesn't knock, she doesn't flinch. Just glides in as if the walls themselves were expecting her. She's all dressed up in a black, tailored, pe
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