Chapter 10 That Price Of Truth

• Emma’s pulse thundered as she, Lucas, and Grace slipped through the Langford estate’s darkened halls. Every step felt like a risk, every shadow a potential threat. They had the will—the proof Maxwell had tried to bury. Now, they just needed to get out.
• Lucas led the way, moving with a quiet confidence that both reassured and unnerved her. He had done things like this before. But for her, sneaking through the corridors of a mansion she was supposedly an heir to felt surreal.
• The heavy scent of old books and polished wood filled her nose as they passed the grand staircase. Emma’s fingers tightened around the folder in her hands. The weight of her mother’s legacy pressed against her chest. This was it. This was the proof she had been denied for so long.