Chapter 71: The Sister’s Agenda

I stood in the quiet aftermath of Ava’s departure, my mind struggling to reconcile the sister I had known with the woman she had become. It felt like the ground had been pulled from beneath me, leaving me disoriented and raw. My own blood—someone I once trusted implicitly—had been colluding with Daniel, the man intent on destroying everything I had built. And now, she had her own agenda.

Oliver’s voice cut through the fog in my mind. “We need to figure out what Ava is really after,” he said, pacing the room. “She’s not just playing along with Daniel, Emily. She’s got her own game, and whatever it is, it’s about more than just leverage.”

I nodded, but my thoughts were spinning. “She’s dangerous, Oliver. Not just because she’s working with Daniel, but because she knows me. She knows how to hurt me in ways even he can’t.”

The words tasted bitter as they left my lips. Ava and I had shared a bond once—growing up in the same broken home, surviving together. But that bond had fractured when