The words dripped from his mouth like poison.“Let’s see how long she survives under my rules.”For a moment, the study wasn’t a room anymore, it was a cage. The walls pressed closer, the air grew thick, suffocating, my lungs struggling to draw breath. My hands curled into fists at my sides, nails biting into my palms, the pain the only thing stopping me from trembling outright.Mr. Carter’s voice thundered again, sharp and cruel.“You dare defy me in my own house, Zane? I’ve always known there was something different in you. Tell me, are you even my blood?”The insult sliced through the air like a blade.Zane’s jaw hardened, every muscle in his face carved from stone, the storm inside him barely contained. His dark eyes glittered with fire, not the kind that flickered, it burned, steady and merciless. He didn’t falter, not even a fraction, standing tall in the shadow of his father’s wrath as though daring him to strike.“Oh, please, old man,” Zane’s voice was a blade, cold, sharp, de
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