The Stepfather's Forbidden Claim
His thumb pressed firmly against the base of my neck, a possessive, grounding anchor that kept my body pinned to his space as my eyes adjusted to the sudden, clinical glare.
"The thermal sweep didn't pick us up," Aisha reported, her low contralto carrying a smooth, metallic clarity through the silent vault. She tapped a glass diagnostic pad mounted to the wall of the pen. "The maritime coalition closed the Adriatic grid twelve hours ago. They've officially listed the transport capsule as destroyed in the deep trench off the coast of Montenegro. To the international clearing houses, the Vane registry died in the water."
"A dead registry is the only clean foundation, Aisha," Julian murmured, h
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