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Chapter 31

Author: Dor-Dor
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-23 23:24:09

Kara's mother POV

They thought I was dead.

A car crash. A burnt body. A closed casket.

How convenient.

How naive.

From the shadows of the forest, I watched the Grayson mansion flicker in the distance, a pale white jewel nestled in darkness. Always so pristine. So proud. So perfect.

Just like her.

*Leena Stanford-Grayson.*

My teeth ground together at the name.

The child my sister chose over her own blood. The daughter she raised with soft lullabies and gold-spun dresses while my Kara learned to fight, to steal, to survive.

Leena was never meant to inherit the throne.

That honor belonged to *us*.

To Kara.

To me.

I pressed the communicator against my ear. “Report.”

Zack’s voice crackled back. “Tunnel secured. Phase Two begins tonight.”

“Any resistance?”

“Minimal. But they’re waking up faster than we expected.”

I smiled to myself. “Let them. A storm is only thrilling when it meets resistance.”

He hesitated. “Charles saw me.”

“He won’t act,” I replied coolly. “Not yet. His fear is stronger
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