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•KAELEN•"Isolde has signed the authorization forms to use her transport," I told Marcus in the morning when he called. "I think we are set to go ahead with our plans and bring my brother home."Marcus didn't respond immediately, which meant he was already thinking three steps ahead, causing us unnecessary pressure. "That's good news," he finally replied. "But the transport window alone isn't enough."I leaned against my desk and looked out the window. "Oh, fuck," I groaned. "Can you explain that for me?""Getting Luke out cleanly during a delivery requires people on the inside who are willing to look the other way," he answered. "At minimum, two guards. One at the delivery checkpoint and one on Luke's wing. Both need to be in position at the same time and both need to stay quiet afterward.""How much?""That depends on who they are and how much they value their jobs." He paused. "The checkpoint guard is a man named Soren. He's been at Hartfield for eleven years, and he has a gamblin

•ISOLDE•I was still thinking about the phone call when Caleb arrived at seven.He brought wine and kissed my cheek and was everything he always was when he wanted something.I smiled and poured the wine and sat beside him on the couch, and said nothing about what was turning over in my mind.The prenuptial agreement conversation had lasted less than two minutes on the phone. But I just couldn't stop thinking about what he was planning to do.In my previous life, that sentence alone would have been enough. I would have nodded and smiled and told him that of course I trusted him, that we didn't need lawyers between us, that love didn't require paperwork.I had said almost exactly those words two years into our marriage when he suggested consolidating the share transfer documents.I signed everything without reading past the first page.I remembered sitting at the kitchen table with a pen in my hand while Caleb stood behind me with his hands on my shoulders, telling me it was just admin

•ISOLDE•I sat in my car for almost ten minutes before I finally started it.The rain was pouring hard outside. I looked at my house while water hit the windshield, and my chest felt empty, like something inside me had broken.I thought about what Caleb said to Talia over the phone. He told her they wouldn't hide anymore once they were done with me. That meant they planned to strip me of everything I had worked hard for. I couldn't believe that I stupidly believed Caleb again and almost risked my life. This meant that he had never broken up with her. And it meant that Talia had never seduced him. He slept with her because even though I thought I would change things and keep him as my husband, he was still going to fall in love with her. He loved her, and there was nothing that I could do to change that. I already knew Caleb was cheating. Deep down, I had always known. But hearing him say it out loud in my house hurt more than I expected.I backed out of the driveway and started d