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I stared at the message until my vision sharpened to crystal clarity.
"Tick tock, Aria. Better tell your husband the truth before I do it for you."
Not fear. Not panic. Sudden Realization that the person behind this threats thinks i am still my fathers daughter.
Rage.
Cold, calculated rage that settled in my bones like ice.
"Aria." Dante's voice cut through my focus. "What are you thinking?"
I looked up. Met his eyes with the same steel I'd learned to forge in Lagos when survival meant becoming someone new. Someone harder.
"I'm thinking whoever sent this just made a mistake."
His eyebrow raised. "How so?"
"They are trying to control me. Force my hand. Make me panic and confess under pressure." I set the phone down with deliberate calm. "Which means they don't a
