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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.

Lodge, I thanked her and stepped out of the car. As I walked through

Steel Ascent. They nodded respectfully as they passed me, entering

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expressions.

them disappear behind the closing doors, my mind churning

standing by the floor–to–ceiling windows.

want to visit her now?”

eyes remained fixed on the city skyline. “It’s

without a word, my expression carefully neutral. The weight of their conversation pressed against my consciousness, but I refused to acknowledge

out as I reached the

respond. I simply entered the bedroom and

I could hear Marcus’s gaze following the sound

the breakfast table. Our routine continued as

us offered explanations. Neither of us

lifted a spoonful of porridge to my lips and paused. The taste was unusually light and perfectly suited to my palate. The venison and herbs blended together in a way that

tastes different

eating without looking up. “Is it not

Blackwood arrived, slightly out of breath

pace.

glanced at the spread before us and frowned. “The breakfast looks rather plain

set down his spoon with deliberate care. “I prepared it

mid–bite, my eyes widening as I stared at the bowl in my hands. The porridge

“You cooked?

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

became a tangled mess. The simple act of him preparing breakfast felt more intimate than any grand gesture

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

around my spoon. My knuckles

sent chills down

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

year.

golden eyes shifted to observe my

relax my grip on the spoon, but the fear remained lodged in my chest

to the Northern Territory Central Healing Institute. As I exited the Steel Ascent, a figure approached me from