Chapter 264 Youth Always Won

• After helping her mother back into bed, Natalia quietly closed the door behind her. A small but steady strength rose in her chest. Her mother had suffered—yes—but survival was everything.
• She couldn’t stay in the room for long, yet she now understood the truth: most of her mother’s mental instability had been an act. A shield. A way to endure while waiting for the right moment to strike back at Dante. Alone and surrounded by his people, her mother had never stood a chance.
• Everyone in the mansion answered to him. The former family doctor. The caregivers at the private facility. Even the maids and bodyguards.