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Chapter 127: Looming Threat

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The tower was sealed. Guards patrolled the hallways, cameras monitored every entrance, and Luca’s team worked in shifts to make sure no one slipped past their watch.

Yet that night, as Amara tucked Noah into bed, a knock came at the door. Not the penthouse door, but Noah’s bedroom door.

“Mom?” Noah’s sleepy voice floated through the dark. “Did you send someone to give me this?”

Amara’s chest tightened. She flicked on the lamp and stepped inside. Noah was sitting upright, clutching a small box wrapped in gold paper. A note was taped neatly to the top, written in elegant, unmistakable handwriting:

“For Noah. Every child deserves the truth. –E.”

Her knees buckled. The guards swore no one had been near the apartment, yet the box was here, nestled in her son’s hands as if it had appeared from the shadows themselves.

“Noah, put it down,” she whispered sharply, her fingers trembling as she lifted it away. She pressed the intercom. “Luca, get up here. Now.”

Seconds later, Luca stormed in with
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