A trace of mockery danced in Bruce’s eyes. He had scarcely left the base when the call arrived, leaving him to wonder whether Claudia had been observing his every move.

“Mr. Thomas, Mrs. Thomas requests your presence at the old house,”

Freyja relayed.

Observing the passersby around him, Bruce responded, “Freyja, kindly convey to Grandma that my current engagements are too pressing to allow me a visit.”

On the opposite end, Freyja translated his response to Renata as “Madam, Mr. Thomas expresses his unavailability due to prior commitments.”

“Let me have the phone.”

Claudia, not to be deterred, seized the phone.

about your injury. Is

wavered,

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tone, once playful, now bore

persisted, her words measuring, “Bruce, is there a

her words lingered in

discord, and he shall not object. You may form alliances, but the bond

into a derisive smile. As anticipated, his every move was

“Bruce?”

us alone. You need not intervene. I won’t succumb to

his lips pressed in contemplation, before reentering

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