Kane
Nobody spoke.
The warehouse felt frozen.
The storm outside continued to rage.
Thunder rolled across the sky.
Rain battered the roof.
Yet somehow—
The loudest thing in the room was silence.
Claire's words hung heavily in the air.
He was my father.
My mind refused to process it.
Victor Kane.
The man in the video.
The man connected to the conspiracy.
The man accused of ordering Ava's murder.
Claire's father.
No.
It felt impossible.
But looking at Claire's face—
The pain.
The guilt.
The exhaustion.
I knew she wasn't lying.
Rowan looked stunned.
Lena looked heartbroken.
Even Evan seemed speechless.
For several seconds nobody knew what to say.
Then Rowan finally broke the silence.
"You knew."
His voice sounded cold.
Dangerously cold.
Claire looked at him.
"I
