Brother, Betrayer, Savior
Chapter 22 – Brother, Betrayer, Savior The estate's gates exploded before sunrise. Alesia jolted awake, the sheets tangled around her bare legs, Nico already gone from the bed. She heard shouting—gunfire. Her chest tightened. It was too soon. He was here. Damien. She ran barefoot down the corridor, heart thundering louder than the gunshots. As she reached the grand staircase, she saw him—tall, soaked in rain, his black coat flaring like wings, a pistol in one hand, a bloodied knife in the other. He was older, harder. His blue eyes were colder now—but still held the same fury she'd seen the night he disappeared. Behind him, bodies lay still. Nico’s guards. “Damien,” she whispered, stepping down slowly. He turned to her. The fury vanished. For a second, he looked like her brother ag
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