CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR
The sunrise light filled the chamber completely, warm and golden, exactly as it had on the floating dock only hours earlier.
The sisters stood together in heavy silence, the creed still unspoken on their lips. Elena’s hand remained pressed to the console, the emergency purge sequence still glowing faintly.
The real Lila’s feed had gone dark after her final smile. Victoria’s last words echoed in the quiet: the entire night…every doubt, every persuasion, every fractured moment…had been broadcast live to the world.
The grandchildren, the journalists, the coast… all of them now knew the truth of the Voss sisters.
Mara broke the silence first, her voice low and steady. “She played us perfectly. We thought we were fighting her. Instead, we gave her the final chapter.”
