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Chapter 79 – Ties That Break
The rain returned as a whisper on the rooftops—soft, cold, and indifferent.
Emily stood by the window of the guest wing, arms folded tight around herself, eyes tracking the blur of headlights slicing through the estate’s driveway below. The storm inside her hadn’t passed; if anything, it had grown louder with every lie unearthed.
Claire was gone.
Lucian had made the call—swift, ruthless. She was escorted out of the mansion under the guise of “safety,” but Emily knew better. Claire had overstepped, and Lucian didn’t tolerate betrayal. Not anymore.
Still, it didn’t bring Emily peace. Just more questions.
“Thinking of running too?” Zora’s voice echoed in the silence.
Emily turned to see the woman leaning against the doorframe, her frame cloaked in shad
