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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.

gazed at her brother's handsome face, now etched with exhaustion and sorrow that seemed


about you, Cassius? Are you holding

he managed, forcing a

anything but fine-he was

M Country and bring your wife home!" Arnold clapped a large hand on his brother's shoulder. "You two love each other. After

eyelids and shook his

too well-this mistake he'd made was

and self-respecting, had gone so far as to hurt herself just to cut him

really

have some time

gloom settling over the room, Aaron quickly

and asked for a DNA analysis. We'll have results

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

As


we'll finally Hans is really. Hubery!"

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first good news

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met Hans, so they didn't understand how

but Aaron couldn't hide his

if Hubery is really alive, then our family will finally be whole

eyes shimmered with tears as she

Hans really is Hubery," Arnold pressed, anxious, "how did he survive? What's his connection to Avery And why, when he

had a gentle soul," Arnold

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