The final secret from Elena came on a quiet Sunday morning.A plain white envelope was delivered to the estate gate. Inside was a single handwritten letter and a small flash drive.Sera opened it with shaking hands while Cassian stood beside her, his arm around her waist.The letter was short and devastating.“Alexander and Sophia aren’t the only children. There is one more. A daughter. Her name is Isabella. She’s three years old. I hid her because I was terrified you would take all of them. She’s with a family I trusted. But she’s been asking about her father. She deserves to know the truth. Meet me at the old cabin tomorrow. Bring Sera. No lawyers. No security. Just the three of us.”Cassian slowly sank to his knees on the hardwood floor, the letter trembling in his hands.“Four children,” he whispered, voice completely broken. “I have four children I never knew about. Because I was too selfish, too cruel, too broken to be careful with the women in my life. I failed them before they
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