Adrian froze, his eyes glimmering with pity and helplessness. “Mother, please…” “I suffered for you!” she continued, voice hoarse, desperate. “I protected you from their evil! Everything I did, I did for you, Adrian! Don’t let them turn you against me!” Adrian’s heart clenched. He’d never seen her this way, broken, terrified, unrecognizable. And in that moment, the seeds of Nikolai’s words... “Maybe your mother lied to you” ...began to shrivel. No! His mother wasn’t lying. She couldn’t be. He’d seen the pain in her eyes, the trembling in her voice. No liar could act like that. Adrian felt tears sting his own eyes. “I’m sorry, Mother,” he whispered, his voice breaking. “I should never have doubted you. I let them get into my head.” Eliana turned slowly, her mascara smudged, her face streaked with tears. Her hands were still shaking as she reached for him. “My boy… you’re all I have left. Don’t let them take you away from me too.” Adrian took her trembling hands into his and n
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