750 The Trap

From yesterday to today, Ashen Pact’s strongholds had slipped deeper into chaos.

Madam Evelyn hit hardest of all–her men stormed Cyren Mines with raw force, no compromise.

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Dale was seething when Dan returned. Manny was already waiting in the study, while Artemis lingered in the parlor, intercepting Dan at the door.

“Dan.” She stepped forward quickly.

Neither Dale nor Manny moved, but Artemis’s face showed strain. Much of what she controlled had come under attack, losses mounting by the hour.

But Dan didn’t spare her a glance.

Her chest tightened. “Take whatever you want from me or Manny–just give Tessa back to Victor, will you?”

That line finally drew his eyes. But the cold mockery in them made her throat close.

“Ashen Pact’s struggle for power should stay within these walls,” she pressed, voice quivering. “No matter who wins, it’s still in Morris hands. But outsiders… you know the ruin that brings.”

how exactly would you have

blood. She stared

past, heading upstairs

body trembled. She had been so careful. How had

an outsider too? You brought him in for Manny’s sake, yet demand

knees weakened. He was right–she had cracked the doors open herself. Now she

back, isn’t it?” Her

her shadow, the ghost she

find her, to erase her for good. But none

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Now she saw the truth: Dan had been pulling strings all along. His reach had always been

her. It was the same cruel light she’d once

Her breath faltered.

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