BETTY'S POVI kept my hand tight on Damon’s arm, my heart pounding so hard I could barely breathe. The man stepping out of the black car was older now, his hair streaked with gray, but I knew that face. I had stared at it for hours in one of the old photographs from my mother’s things.“That’s him,” I whispered, my voice shaking just a little. “I’m sure of it. He was standing right next to my mother in one of the pictures I found. They looked close, like they trusted each other back then.”Lucien turned sharply toward me, his eyes wide with shock. “You’re certain? That man was one of your mother’s allies years ago?”I nodded, still staring at the estate. “I’m positive. I looked at those photos so many times after we found them. He was there with her. And now he’s here… working with Vance.”The words felt heavy as they left my mouth. My mind raced back to the photograph, the way my mother had smiled beside him, how safe she had looked. Now that same man was walking into a meeting with
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