Lena's POV We flipped through more pages. Pictures of me training in the courtyard with wooden swords at ten; photos of me sitting stiffly in a tailored suit at twelve during a syndicate summit, looking miserable; candid shots taken by my mother when my father wasn't around, showing a younger, softer version of me laughing in the gardens.And then, Lena turned to a page near the back of the album.The photograph occupied the entire center of the page. It was a formal portrait taken in the grand foyer of this very estate. In the center stood my father, towering, broad-shouldered, clad in an immaculate dark double-breasted suit, his face a hard, unyielding mask of absolute authority. To his left stood my mother, draped in a high-collared velvet gown, her dark hair pinned back flawlessly. I stood between them, around nine years old, looking straight into the camera lens with a solemn, unblinking stare.At first glance, it lo
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