The Black Rose
"He had all of it. Power, money, protection, reach — and he left you to rot in a house where your stepfather...my father, put his hands on you. I couldn't sit with that."
His eyes are alive now in a way they weren't when I walked in.
"I wanted what he had. I knew I'd do better with it than he ever did. No one I loved would ever get hurt again — not by this world, not by men like him, not by anyone. The Black Rose was a way in. A way to get close enough to take it all and make sure it never touched anyone the way it touched you." He leans forward, conviction burning in every line of his face. "We can still do it, Ellie. You're his blood. You carry his name. You could take everything he built
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