Chapter 9
The call disconnected.
Evelyn stood frozen beneath the flashing police lights, her heartbeat roaring violently in her ears.
She knew that voice.
Not clearly.
Not completely.
But enough to send cold dread crawling through her chest.
Beside her, Lucas had gone pale.
Damian noticed immediately.
“You recognize him,” he said sharply.
Lucas didn’t answer right away.
That silence was answer enough.
“Lucas,” Evelyn whispered, “who was that?”
Rain mist drifted across the docks while the Hudson churned darkly behind them. Around the crime scene, investigators moved carefully near Sophia’s abandoned car, unaware that everything had just changed again.
Lucas looked trapped.
Like a man standing between truth and destruction.
Finally, he exhaled shakily.
“His name is Daniel Me
