Chapter 52: The Mask of Power
The next morning arrived draped in gray.
The storm had passed, but its silence lingered — heavy, deliberate, like the world was holding its breath.
Isla woke to the faint sound of movement downstairs — deep voices, the low clatter of footsteps, and Lorenzo’s unmistakable tone giving orders. She ...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Icy Plunge
2. Chapter 2: breathe
3. Chapter 3: The Awakening
4. Chapters 4: unknown
5. Chapter 5: Shadows in the Night
6. Chapter 6: Unfinished Business 
7. Chapter 7: His Embrace
8. Chapter 8: The Hand
9. Chapter 9: The Fractured Truth
10. Chapter 10: The Price of Mercy
11. Chapter 11: The Morning After
12. Chapter 12: The Unwanted Flame
13. Chapter 13: Tangled Threads
14. Chapter 14: Unraveled
15. Chapter 15: Crossed Lines
16. Chapter 16: Threads and Mirrors
17. Chapter 17: mysterious drug
18. Chapter 18: Threads of Deception
19. Chapter 19: Boundaries
20. Chapter 20: The Edge of Control
21. Chapter 21: The Water Between Us
22. Chapter 22: Stripped of Silence
23. Chapter 23: The Monster or the Man
24. Chapter 24: Snowfall and Shadows
25. Chapter 25: Shadows at the Window
26. Chapter 26: Threads in the Snow
27. Chapter 27: The Silence Between Brothers
28. Chapter 28: Morning Shadows
29. Chapter 29: Silent Roads
30. Chapter 30: The Passenger
31. Chapter 31: Shadows in the Garage
32. Chapter 32: Masks and Shadows
33. Chapter 33: Tangled Lines
34. Chapter 34: Shadows in White
35. Chapter 35: Close to Home
36. Chapter 36: The Return
37. Chapter 37: The Name That Shakes Walls
38. Chapter 38: Summoned
39. Chapter 39: Fractured Distance
40. Chapter 40: The Edge of Truth
41. Chapter 41: Shattered Lines
42. Chapter 42: The Line You Shouldn’t Cross
43. Chapter 43
44. Chapter 44: Beneath the Snow
45. Chapter 45: The Assignment
46. Chapter 46: Snowflake
47. Chapter 47: Fracture Lines
48. Chapter 48: The Space Between
49. Chapter 49: Oldhood City
50. Chapter 50: Between Wings and Silence
51. Chapter 51: The Shadowed Morning
52. Chapter 52: The Mask of Power
53. Chapter 53: The Enemy’s Eyes
54. Chapter 54: The Warmth Between Us
55. Chapter 55: Morning in Oldhood
56. Chapter 56: The Secret Below
57. Chapter 57: The Sound That Shattered the Snow
58. Chapter 58: Blood in the Snow
59. Chapter 59: When the Smoke Settles
60. Chapter 60: Through the Fire
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