LYCIA
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I stared at the picture on my phone with disbelief and rage swirling in me. It was a picture of Rylan, hugging a little boy, and the sight of it made my blood boil.
Glenda's words echoed in my mind: Rylan reconnecting with himself, snapping out of the spell I had put in him. She had warned me, but I never imagined it would lead to this.
After Glenda's warning, I had placed Conan, one of my most trusted hitmen, to keep an eye on Rylan. I needed to know every move he made, and every person he interacted with. I couldn't afford any more surprises. But what Conan had discovered left me seething with anger.
Rylan had met with a little boy, who appeared to be around the same age as Lana, in a school. My mind raced, trying to connect the dots. Who was this boy, and why was Rylan wi
