Isla
The headlines were everywhere.
LANCASTER EMPIRE CRUMBLES UNDER SCANDAL.
REVENANT PROJECT EXPOSED: HUMAN TESTING CONFIRMED.
DAMIEN CROSS SHATTERS GLOBAL ALLIANCE IN HISTORIC MOVE.
Isla sat in a silent apartment far from the city center. Not her penthouse. Not Damien’s world. Just a small space with bare walls and too much air.
Her hands trembled as she read the reports. The testimonies. The leaks. The images of her brother—before and after.
Damien had done what she couldn’t.
He’d destroyed her father.
With precision. With truth. With vengeance sharper than any blade.
But it wasn’t the exposure that broke her.
It was that he hadn’t flinched.
He burned it all down—even if it meant scorching what was left between them.
She closed the screen and buried her face in her hands. S
