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CHAPTER 30

The drive was silent, but not uncomfortable. Aaron navigated smoothly, familiar with every hidden turn, every private path that led them to Kael’s estates. Vera’s hands were clenched in her lap, jaw tight, eyes burning with barely-contained fury. Kael’s presence beside her was like a shadow pressing close, calm, steady, unyielding. She tried to meet his gaze once. He didn’t look at her. Not a flicker. Just quiet, his hand resting lightly on the console as if claiming the space without a word. Her chest tightened. She hated it. Hated him. Yet a part of her, the part that refused to admit weakness, was acutely aware of the tension coiling between them. Aaron glanced at her briefly. “You’re really not going to say anything?” he asked, voice low. “About… well, him.” “I… don’t want to.” Vera’s tone was clipped, almost a hiss. “Don’t even start.” Aaron shook his head. “Fair. But just… brace yourself.” She could feel the weight of his words, the inevitability of what was coming.

CHAPTER 31

Aaron stood near the control panel by the door, staring at the screen like it had just insulted him. Kael stepped into the hallway a second later, closing Vera’s door behind him. His face was calm again, but the air around him still carried the heat of the moment he had just left. “What is it?” Kael asked quietly. Aaron pointed at the monitor. “You need to see this.” Kael walked over. His eyes narrowed the moment he saw the gate camera. For a second… he didn’t say anything. Aaron rubbed his face. “Yeah. Exactly my reaction.” On the screen, two familiar figures stood outside the massive gate like they owned the place. One of them was waving at the camera. The other was leaning casually against the car like he had all the time in the world. Kael exhaled slowly. “…You’ve got to be kidding me.” Aaron let out a short laugh. “Last time I checked, your sister was supposed to be in Canada.” “And my brother was on a mission,” Kael added flatly. Another wave at the

CHAPTER 32

Vera stared at Lucian, her fingers tightening slightly around the glass of water. “…What do you mean?” Lucian leaned back against the counter, calm, watching her for a moment before smiling. “Relax.” “That is not an answer.” “It wasn’t supposed to be.” “You just said something weird and now you’re acting like it’s nothing.” “Maybe it is nothing.” “Then why say it?” “Because watching you think about it is entertaining.” Vera narrowed her eyes. “You’re annoying.” “I get that a lot.” She set the glass down with a thud. “Stop playing games.” “I’m not playing.” “Yes, you are.” “Not really.” “Then explain what you meant.” Lucian looked at her for a long moment, calm, sharp behind his eyes. “You really don’t know, do you?” “Know what?” He stepped closer, curious but not threatening. “You’re standing in the middle of a house full of people who could kill someone without blinking, and yet you look more confused than scared.” “That’s because none of you explain anything.”

CHAPTER 33

I woke up because someone knocked on my door. Not gently. Three loud knocks.“Vera.” A female voice.I sat up slowly. “Who is it?”The person who will drag you to breakfast if you don’t open this door.Livia. Of course. I sighed and got out of bed. When I opened the door, she stood there with her arms crossed and a smile way too happy for morning.“You look like someone who regrets life choices,” she said.“I live in a house with your brother,” I said. “Of course I regret my life choices.”She laughed. “Come on. Breakfast.”“I can eat in my room.”“No you can’t.”“Yes I can.”“No,” she said, grabbing my wrist and pulling me into the hallway. “You are officially part of the morning chaos.”“I don’t want to be part of the morning chaos.”“Too bad.”She dragged me down the stairs.“Does Kael know you’re doing this?” I asked.“Oh he’s going to hate it.”“That doesn’t make me feel better.”“That’s because you don’t understand how fun it is to annoy my brother.”We reached the dining room.

CHAPTER 34

"Words, Vera,” Kael said, his cold eyes drilling into mine. I—I’m sorry, Kael, I whispered, voice trembling. “I thought—” Thought? His hand shot out, gripping my neck before I could finish. My knees nearly buckled. You thought you could leave? When I told you not to? When you know exactly who’s after you? “Kael… please… ahh… I can’t… breathe…” My hands went up, trying to push him, but his grip was iron. “Kael…” Livia gasped from beside the car, her hand halfway forward, unsure whether to intervene. “Vera—” I struggled, panicking, my chest tightening. “Kael… please…” He pressed me back, shoulder slamming me against the side of the car. My back hit the cold metal, and I couldn’t even take a full breath. His eyes burned. No hesitation. Pure dominance. How dare you disobey me, he growled, voice low and authoritative, after everything I warned you about? His hand didn’t loosen an inch. “I… I—” I choked, coughing out words I couldn’t even form. My vision blurred slightly, the world

CHAPTER 35

Kael’s eyes narrowed slightly as Lucian pointed toward Aaron’s phone. “Dad wiped them out,” Lucian said sharply. “Every single one of them.” Aaron rubbed the back of his neck, uneasy. “That’s what we all believed.” Lucian scoffed immediately. “Not believed. It happened.” Aaron hesitated for a moment, clearly choosing his words carefully. “Maybe… not completely.” The temperature in the room seemed to drop. Kael finally moved, taking one slow step forward. His eyes stayed locked on Aaron, dark and searching. “What are you saying?” he asked quietly. Aaron exhaled slowly. “I’m saying someone survived.” Lucian stared at him like he had just lost his mind. “That’s insane.” “Maybe,” Aaron admitted. “But the data doesn’t lie.” Kael’s jaw tightened slightly. Aaron continued, lifting the phone a little. “The same encryption. The same communication pattern. The same symbol.” Lucian froze. “What symbol?” Aaron slowly turned his phone around so both of them could see the screen. The

CHAPTER 36

Kael stood at the bottom of the staircase for a long moment, staring at the steps like they might answer the question fighting inside his head. Lucian and Aaron stayed quiet behind him. Neither of them tried to rush him again. They had already said enough. The rest was up to him. Lucian finally spoke, You’re still stalling. Kael didn’t look back. “I’m thinking.” Aaron leaned against the table, Thinking won’t change anything kael Kael’s jaw tightened. “You don’t know it’s her.” Lucian shrugged slightly. “Then prove it isn’t.” Silence settled again. Kael knew what they were asking him to do. He also knew why he didn’t want to do it. Because if they were right, the girl upstairs was not just another victim who had been dragged into his life. She would be connected to the one place he had spent years trying to erase from his mind. Kael exhaled slowly and finally started walking toward the stairs. Lucian didn’t follow. Aaron didn’t either. This part belonged to Kael

CHAPTER 37

Kael slowly pulled the collar of Vera’s shirt aside, just enough to see the skin near her shoulder. His fingers moved carefully, almost reluctantly, like he was bracing himself for something he didn’t want to find. The room was quiet except for their breathing. The silence felt thick, stretched tight between them. His eyes searched carefully, every muscle in his body tense, every instinct alert. Nothing. Just smooth skin. No mark. No three slashes. Kael stared for another second to make sure he wasn’t missing something. His gaze traced the curve of her shoulder again, slower this time, more deliberate. But there was nothing there. Relief hit him before he could stop it. It came fast and sharp, loosening the tight knot that had been sitting in his chest since Aaron showed him the file. Aaron was wrong. Lucian was wrong. This girl had nothing to do with that place. Kael released the fabric of her shirt and stepped back, his fingers falling away from her skin. Ver

CHAPTER 38

CHAPTER 38 The living room was too quiet.Not the peaceful kind,Not the kind that let you breathe and settle, This silence felt heavy, like it was pressing into the walls, stretching time in a way that made every second drag longer than it should.Aaron leaned against the arm of the couch, his fingers tapping lightly against the fabric in a restless rhythm he didn’t even notice anymore. His gaze kept drifting toward the staircase, again and again, like he expected something to change if he looked enough times.Nothing did.His jaw tightened."They’re taking too long,” he muttered under his breath.Lucian, seated across from him, didn’t react immediately. One leg crossed over the other, posture loose, relaxed—like he had nowhere else to be. Like the silence didn’t bother him at all. He just went upstairs, Lucian said calmly.Aaron scoffed. “It’s been more than thirty minutes.” That got Lucian’s attention. He lifted his gaze slowly, studying Aaron for a moment. There was something q

CHAPTER 39

Lucian straightened, slow and controlled, like nothing had just happened. Like he hadn’t been standing too close, saying things he had no business saying. His expression settled back into something unreadable, the faint amusement gone, replaced with calm indifference.Kael stepped fully into the living room. Vera followed behind him. Neither of them spoke. For a moment, the only sound in the room was the soft echo of their footsteps fading into silence. Aaron forced himself to sit up properly, dragging in a quiet breath as if that would steady him. It didn’t. His pulse was still uneven, his thoughts scattered in a way he couldn’t explain. Lucian noticed,His gaze flicked toward Aaron briefly, just long enough to register everything—the tension in his shoulders, the way he avoided looking up, the way his fingers pressed too hard against his own knee. Then Lucian looked away like it didn’t matter. Like none of it mattered. Vera’s eyes moved between them slowly. She didn’t miss

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