Chapter 4: Blood Isn’t Always Loyalty
Back at the estate, Lily wandered the halls like a ghost.
Every painting. Every staircase. Every shadow felt… familiar.
Too familiar.
That night, she woke up screaming.
Adrian rushed into her room, finding her clutching her head, shaking violently.
“I remember something,” she gasped. “A fire… a woman… she told me to run…”
Adrian froze.
“A fire?” he repeated.
Lily nodded, tears streaming. “She said if I stayed… they would kill me too.”
The room went cold.
Because there had been a fire.
Years ago.
The official report said it was an accident.
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But Adrian had always known something didn’t add up.
And now, the truth was clawing its way back to the surface.
