Chapter 52 Ghosts With Names

• The air inside the study was stifling, making secrets harder to breathe through. Scarlett sat at the edge of the leather armchair, watching the paused video of Julian Damien’s half-brother, very much alive, his expression calm, calculated, and cruel.
• Damien hadn’t moved since the video ended.
• Scarlett could see the tension in his jaw and how his hand clenched the armrest. Not rage. Not yet. Something deeper. Betrayal with roots buried so far back, it was rotting him from the inside out.