Chapter 176

• Eden stood rooted in place, eyes locked on the figure before him. Marcel. His brother. His blood, in every way that mattered.
• A surge of disbelief crashed into a tidal wave of joy as he stepped forward, barely able to keep his emotions in check. “Marcel… God—Marcel! I knew it! I swear, I knew it!”
• His voice cracked as he reached out, his face lighting up with the kind of grin only true relief could bring. “Though I saw you die though I was at your burial but something in me… something kept saying no, you can't be dead. Especially that day—” he laughed breathlessly, shaking his head as if trying to process it all, “—the day I went to your grave and found it empty. I didn’t tell anyone, except Kate of course. She said it was a sick prank but I believed you were alive. Thought I was losing my damn mind.”