The drive away from the Flynn Villa was heavy with a silence that eventually buckled under the weight of sheer indignation. Sienna Flynn kept her eyes fixed on the road, her knuckles white as she gripped the steering wheel of her sedan. The neon lights of Duskhaven City blurred past, a stark contrast to the archaic, suffocating darkness they had just escaped.
Finally, Leo Flynn, who had spent the better part of his life swallowing his tongue in the presence of his mother, let out a jagged breath of fury. "I can’t believe it," he rasped, his voice trembling. "Mother... my own brother... they speak of family values while sharpening their knives. To think I spent decades apologizing to them! It's a disgrace! A complete and utter disgrace!"
Sienna glanced at the rearview mirror, her heart ac
