The Heir
He was a ghost, haunting the edges of a world that had moved on without him.
"He'll never stop hunting us," Vivian said one evening, sitting by the fire in the new house. Her sister, Elena—the other Elena—lived with her now, healing from years of captivity. "Men like him don't know how."
"Then we'll be ready," Riley said. "We'll always be ready. That's what an heir does—protects what was given."
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The second anniversary of Tata Pedro's death fell on a rainy Tuesday. Riley woke before dawn, kissed Kyle's sleeping shoulder, and walked to the orchard alone. The rain was soft, warm, the kind of rain that made things grow.
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