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Chapter 53

Author: Mikbelly
last update publish date: 2026-06-28 20:05:48

The first mistake Victoria made was keeping Elena alive.

The second was underestimating Damian.

*******

The breakthrough arrived thirty-one hours after Elena disappeared.

A forgotten property record. A dormant trust. An estate abandoned nearly two decades earlier.

On paper, it belonged to nobody important. In reality, it had once belonged to the Clarke family.

The connection was thin.

Dangerously thin.

The kind of lead investigators normally verified before acting.

Damian never gave them the c
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