Chapter 36- Private Calm, Public Risk
Filing a piece of paper felt like pulling a pin from a grenade.
I signed with my left hand because my right still shook. The solicitor made the motions slow and official—the sort of human choreography that pretends legal things aren’t anything but a stamp and a schedule. But Adelaide had already wa...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1- The Runaway Groom
2. Chapter 2- The Wedding Night
3. Chapter 3- The Morning After
4. Chapter 4- The Blackwell Matriarch
5. Chapter 5- Rumors And Whispers
6. Chapter 6- The Drive
7. Chapter 7- The Conservatory
8. Chapter 8- Glass and Smoke 
9. Chapter 9- Collateral
10. Chapter 10- Counterstrike
11. Chapter 11- The Meeting After
12. Chapter 12- The Stage
13. Chapter 13-The Warehouse
14. Chapter 14- Matches and Mirrors
15. Chapter 15- Sparks
16. Chapter 16- The Safe Room
17. Chapter 17- Seconds To Burn
18. Chapter 18- The First Cuts
19. Chapter 19- Paper and Confession
20. Chapter 20- The Name At The Top
21. Chapter 21- Ink and Breath
22. Chapter 22- The Trustee's Box
23. Chapter 23- The Books that Keep Secrets
24. Chapter 24- The Sound of Seals
25. Chapter 25- The Plan that Almost Worked
26. Chapter 26- When the House Burns, We Make Fire
27. Chapter 27- When the Mirror Breaks
28. Chapter 28- The Push
29. Chapter 29- Countermeasure
30. Chapter 30- Rescue of Marianne
31. Chapter 31- A Quiet Evidence and an Old Ledger Page
32. Chapter 32- Sophie's Confession
33. Chapter 33- Luca's Awakening
34. Chapter 34- The Half-Blood Hint
35. Chapter 35- The Housemaids Note
36. Chapter 36- Private Calm, Public Risk
37. Chapter 37- A Kidnapping Threat
38. Chapter 38- The Ambush
39. Chapter 39- A Quiet Bond and a Telling Mistake
40. Chapter 40- The Trustee's P.O. Box
41. Chapter 41- Hidden Shelter
42. Chapter 42- A Rescue Plan and a Fake Bait
43. Chapter 43- A Deepening Rift
44. Chapter 44- Marcus's Secret Life
45. Chapter 45- The Public Hearing
46. Chapter 46- The Ransom and the Trap
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