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Maybe it was age catching up with him, or just a slower mind, but for a moment, he couldn't find a single word to refute it.

Thaddeus stood tall and straight, unshakable as a snow-capped mountain, an icy chill radiating from his very presence.

Yet, something in those words pierced him deep inside. His fingers, hanging at his sides, curled ever so slightly.

Watching Thaddeus remain unmoved, Hamilton slumped back into the sofa, eyes full of disappointment.

How could everything just end up right back where it started?

If even he couldn't accept this outcome, how was Ilana supposed to bear it?

Frederic's voice broke the silence, deep and steady. "Thaddeus, you still have a meeting this morning. It's time to go."

Without a word, Thaddeus turned on his heel and strode out, every step crisp and

sure.

Evadne was still recovering. She slept fitfully through the entire morning, missing both breakfast and lunch, lost in a haze.

It was late afternoon before she finally woke.

Seeing her oldest brother, Arnold, and Aaron all keeping watch by her bedside, the heart that Thaddeus had left so cold was suddenly warmed.

"Evadne, are you feeling any better?" Cassius's voice was hoarse as he gently squeezed her frail, almost skeletal hand.

face, now etched with exhaustion and sorrow that seemed to have aged him overnight.


Cassius? Are you holding

he managed,

anything but fine-he was a

to the rest of us. Go get a plane ticket to M Country and bring your wife home!" Arnold clapped a large hand on his brother's shoulder. "You two love each other. After everything you've been through, I refuse

his heavy eyelids

too well-this mistake he'd made was

gone so far as to hurt herself just to cut him out of her life completely. She was truly done

he really win her

have some time alone, Cassius. Sometimes, if

gloom settling over the room, Aaron quickly changed

butt to the station and asked for a DNA analysis. We'll have results

compare blood samples, not test physical evidence. Thankfully, the Ashbourne family had plenty of

As soon


results, we'll finally Hans is really. Hubery!"

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the first good news

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Hans, so

face was, but Aaron couldn't hide

Hubery is really alive, then our

eyes shimmered with tears as

did he survive? What's his connection to Avery And why, when he saw you, Evadne, didn't he

always had a gentle soul,"

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