The Abandoned Heiress Is Back takes everything deeper — the mind, the bloodline, and the past Aria was never meant to remember.
This time…
> Her greatest weapon is not her rage.
It's the truth locked inside her own mind.
But to unlock it, she'll have to survive Elian's test.
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Aria's hands were bound. The steel cuffs weren't just physical — they were neural inhibitors.
Elian stood at the center of the cold, humming room.
You still don't get it,they said,you're not one of us,you're the reason we exist.
Aria's breath was slow, steady but her heart?
It was screaming.
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Elian raised a small glass vial.
Inside: a silver serum. Glowing. Alive.
The last of the Helix Trigger your DNA matches it want to know why?
They leaned in, almost whispering.
Because it was made from your spinal fluid. Before you even learned how to walk.
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You think this scares me?she said.
No,Elian smiled,this is the part that does.
They injected the serum into her neck.
The room spun.
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Darkness.
Then— A white room her mother.
But younger,crying injecting something into Aria's back.
Augustin screaming:It has to bond before age one!
A steel table. Needles. Pain.
Her first memory… wasn't of a birthday.
It was of being turned into something else.
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Aria gasped, returning to the present.
Her body trembled. Not from fear.
From activation.
Her eyes shimmered gold for a second — like Elian's.
She felt heat in her hands. In her spine.
She yanked against the cuffs.
> And snapped them.
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Elian stepped back.
So… you've awakened.
I don't want this,she hissed.
No,Elian said, eyes wild,but you were made for it.
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But just as Elian reached for the override trigger — the door exploded open.
Liam stood in the smoke.
Bloodied gun raised,shirt ripped.
I told you,he said to Elian.
Touch her again and I'll make sure Subject 7 lives up to his reputation.
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Elian laughed,you're too late, brother.
Then vanished into the smoke.
Literally.
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Liam helped Aria up. "What did they do to you?
She looked at her hands — veins glowing faintly gold.
They woke me up.
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Back in the control room, Aria opened a hidden file from Elian's chair.
It was a countdown.
> "HELIX INITIATION: 6 DAYS.
> "All siblings will be summoned. Location: Red Tower, Oslo."
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Six days,she said quietly until what?"
Liam leaned in.
Until they decide who leads… or who gets erased.
Aria's eyes glowed brighter for a second.
Then we better be ready.
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❓ Reader Questions:
1. Should Aria now embrace her Helix abilities fully — or suppress them?
2. Can Elian be reasoned with… or must they be stopped?
3. What is Red Tower — and why are the Helix siblings gathering there?
4. Should Aria challenge for leadership… or destroy the entire system?