Chapter 23 Bloodlines And Betrayals
- Emma stood frozen in Lucas’s arms, her thoughts spiraling like a storm caught between the past and present. Her grandfather. The man behind everything—behind the lies, the surveillance, and her mother’s death.
- “I—I need air,” she whispered, voice trembling.
- Lucas gently guided her to the settee, but she shook her head and stepped away. The pain was too raw. The truth too sharp.