Lucien POV
Six months.
That was how long Aria had been gone.
Six months of unanswered questions.
Six months of chasing shadows.
Six months of hoping every unknown number, every unfamiliar face, every lead would bring her back to me.
None of them did.
I had searched neighboring cities.
I had hired the best private investigators money could buy.
I had even visited every place she had once told me she wanted to see.
Nothing.
It was as if Aria Monroe had vanished from the world.
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"Mr. Devereux."
I looked up from the file in my hands.
The lead investigator stood quietly in my office.
His expression told me everything before he spoke.
"We've reached the end of our investigation."
I frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"We've exhausted every lead."
I stood abruptly.
"Then find mo
