BENThe courtroom was quieter than I expected. Maybe because I had imagined this day so many times that I had convinced myself it would feel dramatic.It didn't.There were no explosions.No screaming.No running.Just people sitting in their places, waiting for the truth to be spoken.I sat beside Ambrose.His hand rested over mine.Across the room, Zane sat with his lawyers. For the first time since I had seen him again, he looked smaller, not physically.Just...Human.The mask was gone.The mystery was gone.The man who had spent years hiding behind threats and shadows was sitting in a courtroom surrounded by people who knew exactly what he had done.He looked at me and our eyes met and I didn't look away.He did.The prosecutor began presenting the evidence.The recordings.The photographs.The messages.The surveillance equipment.The communication between Zane and Asher. The evidence connecting him to the explosion. Everything I had spent months trying to understand was finally
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