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The Blackwood ScandalLena stared at the photograph until the dates began to blur together. April 19—thirteen years ago. The child standing between Jonathan and Sophia was unmistakably her, yet every official record she had ever seen placed the beginning of the mystery twelve years ago. For the first time, Lena understood that the story everyone had been telling her might have started a year earlier than she had ever imagined.“That’s not possible,” she whispered.Sophia’s eyes filled with tears. “I know.”Adrian stepped closer to the photograph. “Where was Lena thirteen years ago?”Robert looked away.Lena noticed.“Dad?”He didn’t answer.“Dad, where was I?”Robert finally looked at her, and the guilt in his face told her the answer would hurt.“You were at the Blackwood estate.”Lena’s breath caught.Richard closed his eyes.Adrian turned toward him. “You knew?”“I knew she had been there,” Richard said quietly. “I didn’t know Jonathan had photographed her.”Sophia shook her head.

Lena LeavesThe moment Lena saw the words SOPHIA HAS THE ORIGINAL, something inside her finally broke.She stood motionless in the hidden archive, staring at the empty space where Henry had disappeared with the black folder. Around her, the others were arguing about where he could have gone, but their voices seemed distant, almost meaningless. For years, everyone had made decisions around her. They had lied to her, protected her, married her off, hidden evidence from her, and decided what she was allowed to remember.Even Adrian had known more than he told her.That was the part she could no longer ignore.She turned slowly toward him. Adrian was standing several feet away, his expression tense, his eyes fixed on her as though he already understood what she was thinking.“You knew,” she said.His jaw tightened.“Lena—”“You knew there was an agreement before I ever stood beside you at that altar.”“I knew there was an agreement,” Adrian admitted. “I didn’t know everything that was wri

The Carter Family CollapseAdrian read Michael’s message twice before putting his phone away. The warning was clear enough, but it was the name on the second record that concerned him more than anything else. Michael had not asked him to come alone unless he believed the information could put everyone else in immediate danger.Lena watched his expression change. “What did he find?”“A second record.”“About Henry?”“I don’t know yet.”She studied him for a moment. “You’re going alone.”“Yes.”“Then I’m coming with you.”Adrian shook his head. “No.”The word came too quickly. He saw the disappointment cross her face and immediately corrected himself.“I mean, Michael specifically asked me to come alone. If someone is watching us, taking you there could expose your location.”Lena folded Jonathan’s letter and slipped it back into the envelope. “Then don’t take me there. But don’t ask me to sit here and wait while another person decides what I’m allowed to know.”Adrian stared at her.Th

Daniel’s Last EvidenceLena read the final message three times before lowering her phone.The room had gone silent around her. Even Adrian, who had spent most of the evening trying to stay one step ahead of the mystery, seemed to understand that they had reached a point where guessing would only put Robert in greater danger.“Don’t reply,” Adrian said.Lena looked at him. “I wasn’t going to.”Sophia stepped closer. “They want us distracted from Henry.”“Maybe,” Adrian replied. “Or they want us to believe that.”The uncertainty was becoming exhausting, but Lena forced herself to remain focused. Robert was alive. That was the only fact that mattered now.She turned toward Michael’s voice still coming through Adrian’s phone.“You said Daniel’s old account was connected to the network. Can you find him?”“I already tried,” Michael said. “His current location is hidden.”“Then what can we find?”There was a pause.“Evidence.”Adrian looked up.Michael continued, “Before Daniel disappeared

The Man Who SurvivedLena stared at the photograph until her eyes began to hurt.Robert was sitting in a wooden chair, his hands restrained behind him. There was no visible injury, but the fear in his face was unmistakable. Behind him stood a man whose features were partly hidden by the darkness.Lena knew that face.Not from a photograph.Not from a file.From a memory she had spent years believing was nothing more than a child’s confusion.The man from the black car.The man whose voice had appeared in her nightmares without a face.The man who had stood beside Jonathan on the night everything changed.Her lips parted.“Daniel.”The word fell into the car like a stone.Adrian’s expression changed instantly.“What?”Lena looked at the photograph again.“It isn’t Henry.”Michael slowed the car.“Who is it?”“Daniel Vale.”Silence filled the vehicle.Sophia shook her head.“No. Daniel is alive, but—”“I know.”Lena’s voice trembled.“I know he’s alive. But this isn’t Daniel.”Adrian st