All Chapters of ALHPA ABRAM: And the four daughter: Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

Chapter 21: The Sovereign’s EntranceThe penthouse felt different without his heavy, suffocating scent. The air was thin, silent, and sharp. Across the city, the sky glowed a dull, bruised purple where the docks were likely burning. Abram was out there, neck-deep in the blood of the men he used to call brothers, convinced he was a hero protecting his last piece of innocence.I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror. My reflection didn't look back with the hollow, frightened eyes of a gambling debt.I stripped off the silk robe—the one he liked because it fell open so easily—and reached for the suit I’d ordered a week ago. Charcoal gray. Italian wool. Sharp, structured shoulders that didn't allow for slouching. I stepped into the trousers and pulled the blazer on, the fabric crisp against my skin. It cost forty thousand dollars. More than my father’s life was worth in the end.I didn't do my hair in the soft curls he favored. I pulled it back, tight and severe, until my scalp ac

Chapter 23: The CFO’s BetrayalThe office smelled like ozone and expensive scotch. Rain lashed against the floor-to-ceiling glass, blurring the city into a gray smudge. I sat in Abram’s high-backed chair, watching the steam rise from a porcelain teacup.A sharp knock rattled the heavy mahogany door."Come in, Marcus," I said. My voice was a soft, velvet hook.Marcus, the CFO of Silas Enterprises, shuffled in. He looked like a man who hadn't slept in a week. His tie was loose, and sweat beaded on his upper lip. He kept glancing at the security cameras, his hands trembling as he clutched a leather briefcase. To him, this room was a torture chamber where Abram usually broke bones and spirits."Where is he?" Marcus whispered, stopping ten feet from the desk. "The docks... the news is saying there was a massacre.""Sit, Marcus. Please." I gestured to the velvet chair opposite me. I pushed the tea toward him. "Abram is... preoccupied. The war has taken a toll on him. A heavy one."Marcus sa