That night, after Ethan is asleep, Kieran and Elara sit in his office. The door is closed. The house is quiet except for the soft static of the baby monitor.Kieran pours himself a whiskey. He offers one to Elara but she declines. He sits in the leather chair by the window and stares at nothing."Tell me about Sienna," Elara says gently. "The real Sienna. I know she was Marcus's daughter. I know she died. But I do not know the full story."Kieran takes a long drink. "Sienna was my half-sister. Marcus's daughter from his first marriage. She was ten years older than me. By the time I was old enough to remember things clearly, she was already a teenager.""Were you close?""Not really. She was always distant. Like she was only half present. Marcus's first wife, Sienna's mother, died when Sienna was twelve. Cancer. After that, Sienna changed. Became harder. Less trusting."Kieran pauses. He takes another drink."Marcus remarried when I was five. My mother. She tried to be good to Sienna.
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