Chapter 37 – Fractured Bonds
(Evelyne’s POV)
The night felt heavier than usual.
Evelyne stood outside the safe house, her arms wrapped tightly around herself as she struggled to steady her breathing. The revelation from earlier still clawed at her chest, refusing to let go. Adrian’s father hadn’t just been responsible for her brother’s accident—he had orchestrated it. A child’s life had been taken as nothing more than collateral in a game far bigger than any of them had imagined.
And Adrian had no idea.
Her fingers curled into fists. A part of her had always believed there was something more to her brother’s death, that it had been too convenient, too sudden. But she had never let herself think that it had been intentional.
Now, she had proof.
Behind her, the door creaked open, and
