TWENTY TWO
🕯️ Chapter 22 – The Secret Room The rain had finally eased, yet inside Althea’s heart, a storm still raged on. Soaked and trembling, she walked away from the Madrigal mansion, clutching a small box filled with documents from Project Eterna. She didn’t know where to go—only that she needed to get away. Meanwhile, inside the mansion, Xavier sat silently beside his desk. Next to Lea’s photograph lay a single key—the one that opened a door long sealed beneath the mansion. > “If this is truly the time… then maybe she deserves to see everything,” he whispered, before standing up and taking the key. He descended into the hidden corridor behind the library. Each step echoed with ghosts of the past—voices of Lea and Clarisse, of their arguments, and of dreams that turned into sins. At
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