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CHAPTER 31: FIRST ATTACK

Author: Jovi Luna
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-21 15:16:12

RONAN POV

Talking with Miranda this morning felt like someone finally pulled the curtains off a room I had been stumbling around in for years. She didn’t tell me anything I hadn’t suspected about my mother but hearing it from someone who had nothing to gain or lose made everything snap into place. It made me realize that I’ve allowed Victoria Blackwood, the infamous queen of manipulation, to control the board for too long.

And for once… I wanted to knock over a few pieces of hers.

Miranda had been calm, brutally honest, and maybe just a little sympathetic when she said, “Your mother doesn’t break because she doesn’t believe she can. Someone has to show her she can bleed.”

That sentence has lived in my head all morning.

I stand by the window of my penthouse, the city stretching below me like a restless animal, and I know exactly what I need to do. If my mother thrives on control, then I’ll shake the ground underneath her feet. If she enjoys toying with other people’s lives, then it’s t
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