CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Elena’s fingers closed around the USB drive in her pocket like it was a live wire. The cool metal pressed against her palm, a constant reminder that her half-sister…Lila, a ghost she had never known existed, was the one who held the power to unravel everything with one upload
Victor stood on the terrace, the garden lights casting deep shadows under his eyes. “Elena, please. Whatever Lila wants, we negotiate as a family. I can protect you.”
“Protect me?” She spun on him, voice low and sharp. “You hid a daughter for twenty-eight years. You let Victoria build a monster that’s now hunting us both.
And Jax… God, Dad, is he even real, or just another piece you moved on the board?”
Her father reached for her arm, but she stepped back. The night air felt heavier now, carrying
