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Lena’s ChoiceLena stared at the message until the words blurred.Ask him why he was the one who put you in that car thirteen years ago.For years, she had remembered Jonathan as the uncle who had tried to protect her. The man whose name had become a wound in the Carter family after his supposed death. The man Sophia had mourned while everyone else carefully avoided discussing what had really happened.Now someone was telling her that Jonathan had been responsible for putting her in the car that night.She didn’t know what to believe anymore.“Lena.”Adrian’s voice brought her back.She looked up.He was standing between her and the staircase, watching her carefully.“What did they send you?”She handed him the phone.Adrian read the message, and his expression hardened.Sophia saw his face.“What is it?”He showed her.She stared at the screen.“No.”Her voice cracked.“That isn’t possible.”“You knew Jonathan,” Lena said quietly. “Did he ever tell you why he took me that night?”Sop

No More LiesFor several seconds, Lena could not move.Robert stood in the doorway, alive and visibly exhausted, while Maria remained beside him with tears already gathering in her eyes. But it was the older man standing between them who held everyone’s attention.Alexander Blackwood.Adrian’s grandfather.A man who was supposed to have died more than twenty years ago.Adrian stared at him as though the world had suddenly stopped making sense.“You’re dead.”Alexander gave a tired smile.“That is what I wanted everyone to believe.”Adrian took a step forward, but Michael immediately caught his arm.“Don’t.”Alexander looked at Michael.“You’ve always been cautious. Your brother taught you well.”Adrian’s eyes narrowed.“You knew my father.”“I knew Richard before he became the man you hate.”The words struck Adrian harder than he expected.He looked at Robert.“Is this why you disappeared?”Robert lowered his head.“Partly.”Lena’s anger finally broke through her shock.“Partly?”Eve

The EvidenceThe first thing Lena noticed when they reached the safe house was the silence.Not the peaceful kind. It was the heavy silence that followed violence, the kind that made every small sound feel like a warning. The chapel was far behind them now, but Lena could still hear the gunfire in her mind. She could still see the attackers rushing through the doorway, the flash of weapons, and the moment the original recording disappeared from their hands.She stood beside the window, watching the darkness outside while Adrian remained close enough for her to feel his presence without touching her.“We lost it,” Michael said from across the room. He placed his laptop on the table and rubbed a hand over his face. “The original recording is gone.”Alexander sat heavily in one of the chairs, his expression unreadable. Robert stood behind him, while Maria remained near the doorway with Sophia. Nobody seemed willing to pretend that the loss was insignificant.Lena finally turned around. “

The Truth Goes PublicAlexander did not deny knowing about the third room.That was what frightened Lena most.He simply stood beside the table, staring at the message on Michael’s screen as though he had been expecting those words for years. The room remained silent until Adrian finally stepped between them.“What aren’t you telling us?”Alexander looked at his grandson.“The third room isn’t a room in the traditional sense.”Michael frowned. “Then what is it?”“A secured archive beneath the original Blackwood headquarters.”Lena felt a chill move through her.“The old building?”Alexander nodded. “Before Blackwood Group moved to its current headquarters, my family operated from a smaller building downtown. Richard used it for private meetings. Gideon knew about the archive, but only three people had access.”“Richard, you, and Gideon,” Adrian said.“No.”Alexander’s gaze shifted toward Lena.“Richard, Gideon, and Jonathan.”Robert had always spoken about Jonathan as though he had b

The Carter NameThe locks engaged one after another, sealing every exit from the Blackwood headquarters.Lena heard the final metallic click behind her and felt Adrian’s hand close around hers. Neither of them moved. Across the corridor, the man holding the silver ring watched them with an unsettling calm, as though he had expected them to walk straight into his trap.Michael stared at him.“You’re Daniel Whitmore.”The man’s expression barely changed.“You remember me.”“I remember your photograph. You were on the Blackwood board before you disappeared.”“Disappeared,” Daniel repeated with a quiet laugh. “That’s what they called it.”Lena looked at Adrian. “Who is he?”“An executive who worked with my grandfather,” Adrian said. “He vanished after my father’s disappearance.”Daniel’s gaze shifted toward Lena.“Not vanished. Removed.”“By Gideon?” Lena asked.“No.”The answer came immediately.“By the people who were afraid of what the Carter name could uncover.”Lena’s stomach tighte