Hazel's POV
"Who sent this," I whispered, staring at the message glowing in the dark, my heart pounding so loudly I was certain Julian could hear it beside me.
He sat up instantly, taking the phone from my trembling hands, his expression hardening as he read the words for himself.
"I do not know," he said. "The number is blocked. Untraceable, according to Marcus's security team."
"Do you believe it," I asked quietly. "After everything, after the letter, after Iris."
Julian was silent for a long moment, staring at the ceiling as though answers might be written somewhere in the shadows above us.
"I do not know what to believe anymore," he admitted. "But I know we cannot make decisions about our children based on an anonymous message from someone hiding behind a number."
Marcus traced
