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Chapter 228 Existence of explicable Unicase

Chapter 228: Existence of Inexplicable Unease

Chapter 228: Existence of Inexplicable Unease

(Elena Blackwood’s POV)

Mia’s words hung in the air like a thunderbolt. My heart stopped beating for a moment.

“Long ago?” I repeated, my voice barely above a whisper.

Mia’s fan–shaped eyes sparkled with something between mischief and regret. She opened her mouth to continue, but her phone suddenly rang, cutting through the tension.

She glanced at the screen and sighed. “It’s my

brother.”

“Hello?” she answered, putting the phone on speaker.

Hugo’s voice came through clearly. “Where are you taking Elena?”

“Back to her hotel, of course,” Mia replied with forced cheerfulness. “Don’t worry, I’ll deliver her safely.”

“Drive carefully,” Hugo said, his tone carrying an undertone I couldn’t quite identify.

After hanging up, Mia’s expression shifted. A flash of regret crossed her delicate features.

I leaned forward eagerly. “What were you about to tell me?”

Mia smiled mysteriously, shaking her head. “I think I’ve said too much already.”

“Please,” I pressed. “You can’t just leave me hanging like that.”

She glanced at me sideways, her grip tightening on the steering wheel. “If you really want to know, you should ask my brother directly.”

“Ask him what exactly?”

“Ask him about his secret,” she said softly. “The one he’s been keeping for years.

The rest of the drive passed in contemplative silence. My mind raced with questions, but Mia refused to elaborate further.

I thanked her and stepped out of the car.

stood near the Steel Ascent. They nodded respectfully as they passed me, entering the elevator with

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expressions.

closing doors,

my room, I found Marcus standing by the floor–to–ceiling windows. Amber

want to visit her now?” Amber

city skyline. “It’s time to

my expression carefully neutral. The weight

out as I

entered the bedroom and closed

thin walls, I could hear Marcus’s gaze following the sound

I sat across from each other at the breakfast table. Our routine continued as if yesterday’s events had never

us offered explanations. Neither of us asked

spoonful of porridge to my lips and paused. The taste was unusually light and perfectly suited to my palate. The venison and herbs blended

different

eating without looking up. “Is it not

Blackwood arrived, slightly out of

pace.

He glanced at

set down his spoon with deliberate

the bowl in my hands. The porridge suddenly felt

“You cooked? Since when do you

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have nothing else to do while staying at the hotel,” Marcus

simple act of him preparing breakfast felt

reached for his coffee. “Speaking of which, I encountered Fred Xavier at the Commerce District yesterday. Quite surprising to see him

my spoon. My knuckles turned white as an

sent chills down

fragments of that childhood k********g incident began surfacing in my memory, this name filled me with dread. I remembered how

year.

to observe my reaction. His

on the spoon, but the fear remained lodged in my

Territory Central Healing Institute. As