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Chapter 40: The Night That Broke Everything
The storm rolling over the Kane estate that night felt like a warning. The kind of heavy, silent warning that presses against the windows and creeps under the cracks of doors, reminding everyone inside that nothing was truly calm—not the weather, and certainly not the people living under this roof.
Elena had barely stepped into the hallway outside Adrian’s study when she felt it—his presence behind her, his gaze burning through her like the heat of a flame pressed too close to skin. She didn’t turn immediately. She was still replaying the argument from earlier, still holding onto the remnants of the anger she had forced herself to swallow.
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