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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


about you, Cassius? Are you holding

managed, forcing

but fine-he

clapped a large hand on his brother's shoulder. "You two love each other. After everything you've been through, I refuse to believe a few harsh words could really tear you

closed his heavy eyelids and shook his

knew all too well-this mistake

so proud and self-respecting, had gone so far as to hurt herself just to cut him out of her life completely. She was truly done

really win her

offered gentle comfort. "Let Chasel have some time alone, Cassius. Sometimes, if you push too hard, things

the room, Aaron quickly changed

I took that cigarette butt to the station and asked for a

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

wonderful! As


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

elm

the first good news she'd had in

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never met Hans, so they didn't

Aaron couldn't hide

then our

eyes shimmered with

really is Hubery," Arnold pressed, anxious, "how did he survive? What's his

soul," Arnold went

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