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Chapter 43 – You Cannot Have Both Sons

Author: Ij Gabriel
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-09 04:39:19

Ethan's pov

The Blackwood estate remained vacant.

There were the same black iron gates, guarded by lions that looked down upon guests as though they knew their secrets. There was the same curving driveway, its cobblestones worn smooth by generations that had known power and secrecy. At its conclusion, the manor rose, ivy twisting along its stone skeleton, its windows shining like the alert eyes of a creature far too ancient to perish.

I hated it here.

My driver opened the door, and I stepped out slowly, gripping the cane with more strength than I needed to. I wore a slate-gray suit, tailored to conceal the tremors in my body. The shirt beneath was black, open at the throat, no tie—calculated rebellion. My hair was pushed back, my jaw dark with stubble. I hadn’t slept.

The air was heavy with the threat of rain that had not yet announced itself. Birds sang happily in the hedgerows, apparently oblivious to the character of the house beyond.

Inside, the foyer was cathedral-like—tall ceili
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