“Mr. Graves? Hold on a moment, let me check.”

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After a brief pause, the voice returned. “Mr. Graves, I’ve just inquired–Kaia went out on business.”

The answer only tightened the knot in Lucien’s chest.

His assistant’s voice followed quickly, “Sir, we’ve confirmed Mrs. Graves went to the police station. She was asking about a colleague named Vanessa–apparently, she’s been missing for several days.”

Lucien’s tone dropped to a command. “Keep digging. Pull every surveillance feed from around the entrance–now.”

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Kaia came to, disoriented, her wrists bound, the seatbelt digging into her side. The hum of the engine filled her ears. She was in the backseat of a moving car.

“Awake, huh?” The voice from the driver’s seat was ice.

She lifted her head just enough to catch Jerry’s face in the rearview mirror–cold, sharp, eyes like steel.

“Where are you taking me?”

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He smirked without looking away from the road. “Relax. You’ll find out soon enough. You’ve been dying to know about your friend, right? Well… you’re about to see her.”

Her pulse kicked hard. “Jerry! What did you do to Vanessa? She never did anything to you. Why hurt her?”

“Please. That idiot thought I liked her.” His tone dripped with contempt. “I only used her to get to you. If she’d behaved, getting you would’ve been easy.”

Kaia’s stomach turned. Just as she’d feared–she was his real

target.

“Jerry,” she said quietly, careful not to provoke him, “did we know each other before?”

“Doesn’t matter.” His voice hardened. “If it weren’t for you, she wouldn’t be where she is now. So even if we’d never met, you’d still deserve to die.”

A flicker of recognition cut through her panic. She took a chance.

“You mean Luna?”

“You

jolted as he slammed on the brakes. Kaia pitched forward, her forehead

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twisted in his seat, eyes bloodshot, jaw locked. “Luna was

wanted to tear her

her lip, fighting to

grad from a top–tier school. You know she broke the law. She was arrested–it had nothing to do with

do with you?” His

because of the Graves family. You used your man to frame Luna. This-” he jabbed a finger at her

was unhinged. There

forcing her voice steady. “Tying me up won’t fix anything. You

a low,

out. If I weren’t trained in the law, maybe you could’ve fooled me. But I’m not

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rearview mirror.

gas, the car

and he’d

gone; only empty fields rolled past, the sky stretching wide and bleak. Her chest tightened

in the distance. A speck

larger.

breath caught.

roared in

Could it be him?

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that’s it–the car! It’s

plummeted. From the

vehicle looked small and fragile

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no forks ahead,” the pilot called over

up. And there’s no

his harness. “Take us

that’s insane.

for this in college. You keep

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