บททั้งหมดของ Unworthy No More : บทที่ 181 - บทที่ 184

Sophie We arrived before dawn. That was intentional. Daddy said places revealed their true nature in the hours before people imposed meaning on them. Before schedules. Before expectations. Before noise. The estate sat tucked between rolling hills and old trees that had clearly been told, long ago, to mind their own business. Stone and glass, understated but deliberate. Not ostentatious. Not defensive. It didn’t look like a fortress. It looked like somewhere you could heal. The convoy disappeared as quietly as it came. No sirens. No drama. Just engines fading into distance and a silence so complete it felt like the world had paused to watch us breathe. Selene was the first to step out of the car. “It hums,” she said softly, head tilted. Atlas frowned, listening. “It’s… balanced.” Alexios closed his eyes. “The ground is calm.” Mommy and Daddy exchanged a glance. One of those silent conversations that happened often between them now. The kind born from surviving too much together.

SophiePeople liked to say we ran from Chicago. They whispered it the way people always do when powerful families relocate quietly, like movement must equal fear, like staying still is the only proof of courage.However, they were wrong. We did not leave because we were hunted. We left because Chicago had become too loud.Too many eyes. Too many institutions mistaking proximity for entitlement. Too many polite smiles that lingered a second too long on my siblings, not seeing children, but potential leverage. The moment the triplets were admitted into Aurelia’s International School for the Gifted, I knew.I did not have proof. Not the kind adults like. But I had pattern recognition, and that had kept my family alive before. The way the administrators spoke about Alexios’ discipline like it was a resource. The way Atlas’ assessments were forwarded “upward” without explanation. The way Selene was asked questions that had nothing to do with education and everything to do with application.