Chapter 3: The Secret Beneath Her Skin
Elena’s hand trembled in Victor’s.
“I didn’t have a choice…” she whispered.
Victor shook his head. “There’s always a choice.”
“No,” Isabella interrupted. “Not when your entire life is signed away.”
Silence.
Elena slowly pulled her sleeve back.
A faint mark.
Not a bruise.
A symbol.
Victor’s face drained of color.
“That’s impossible…”
“It isn’t,” Isabella said calmly. “Your empire needed saving. And she paid the price.”
The truth hit like a bullet.
Years ago… Victor had signed something. A deal. A desperate one.
He thought he was risking money.
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He was wrong.
He had unknowingly signed Elena’s future away.
