Josie’s POVThe next morning I woke up before Alexander and went straight to the office. The USB drive from Victor was still plugged in. I opened the last file I hadn’t looked at yet. A single PDF labeled “DNA Confirmation – Hart Lineage.” My hands shook as I clicked it open, the report was dated fourteen years ago, two samples. One from Alexander’s father, one from Victor, the results were clear in black and white, Victor Elias Hart was the biological son of Elias Hart Senior, half-brother to Alexander, the real first-born heir.I sat there staring at the paper until the words blurred. Alexander had known, he had known the whole time, he had erased his own half-brother not because Victor was dangerous but because Victor was the one who should have inherited everything, the throne, empire, name. Alexander had taken it all and then spent twenty years making sure no one ever found out.I printed the report and folded it into my pocket. My stomach felt tight and the babies fluttered like
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