In an instant, tears streamed down Evadne's cheeks-hot, joyful drops rolling freely, overflowing with relief and happiness.

She knew it. She just knew!

The very first time she saw Hans, she had recognized him-he was Hubery. Even when he'd been so distant and cold, shutting her out, that deep sense of familiarity and kinship had never wavered. She couldn't have been wrong.

"Mrs. Abernathy... Are you are you alright?" Alva fumbled for a handkerchief, anxiously dabbing at Evadne's tears.

Struggling to steady her racing heart, Evadne's voice came out low and husky. "Aaron, have you told anyone else about this?"

Aaron, who'd spent years as a detective, was perfectly composed. "This is no small matter. I've only told you-neither Dad nor my mother knows."

piano wire. "If word gets out, we could spook whoever's pulling the strings behind Hubery—and I'm terrified

I thought of that too. When I get home, I won't tell Mom. If she finds out, she'll turn the whole country upside

Hubery's alive, who saved him after he fell into the sea? What happened to him? And why has

doesn't remember any of us." Evadne couldn't erase the image of that terrible scar on Hubery's body; her heart twisted painfully. "I saw his wounds. There's no way he could have survived on his own. Someone must have

turned him into this cold, ruthless person? When I faced him, it was like fighting a machine-someone who kills without hesitation." Aaron's voice shook with barely-concealed grief. "Who could have done this to

and Alva watched Evadne with worry etched

in her chair and closed her eyes tight, forcing herself to focus. Every time Hubery appeared, it was tied to one of Avery's schemes. But Avery was dead

had been controlling Avery was now


turned Hubery into

Evadne's eyes fluttered open, her voice

leaned in, desperate. "What did

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