After three long, grueling hours of searching, the bodyguards returned one by one, their expressions tight with frustration and defeat. Each face reflected the same grim reality—they hadn’t found anything, no trace, no hint, no whisper of where Claire could have gone. The mansion that usually resonated with the rhythm of order and control now felt heavy with unease, a suffocating tension that seemed to hang in the air like a thick fog. Edward stood silently, his posture rigid, his jaw clenched as he watched the last bodyguard trudge back inside. His mind raced, swirling with possibilities, with every scenario more disturbing than the last.“Where could she be if not here?” Edward finally asked, his voice steady but edged with worry, a rare crack in his usually impenetrable composure. He turned to face all thirty-four of his bodyguards, thirty-four pairs of eyes staring back at him, equally exhausted and equally frustrated.“No one found her, sir,” they answered in unison, a cho
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