The mansion was eerily quiet now, the storm outside having subsided into a dull, brooding drizzle. But inside, the air crackled with anticipation. The silence between Isabella and Alexander was filled with the weight of what had just been shared—truths too dangerous, too ancient, to ignore. Yet, despite the storm of emotions swirling within her, Isabella felt a strange sense of clarity. She had made a choice, one that would alter the course of her life forever.Alexander paced by the window, his brow furrowed in thought, his gaze distant. The faintest trace of exhaustion clung to him, a shadow that hadn’t been there before. It was clear that the burden of his family’s secret, of the dangerous path they now had to walk, was wearing him down. But even so, his resolve was unshaken.“I know this is a lot to ask,” he said quietly, without turning to face her. “But you must understand, if we don’t act quickly, everything we’ve worked for, everything I’ve kept hidden, will be destroyed.”Isa
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