CHAPTER 54 — THE MAN ADRIAN REFUSED TO FEAR
The estate had never been this quiet.
Not the peaceful kind of quiet Elena occasionally found comfort in, but the suffocating stillness that wrapped tightly around every wall, hallway, and breath. Security had doubled. Cameras were rechecked. Movement alarms were reset. And for the first time since marrying Adrian Kane, Elena saw what true lockdown meant in his world.
And yet, even with all that heightened protection, she couldn't stop the chill running down her spine.
Daniel.
A name she thought was buried in her past. A face blurred with time, memory, and unanswered questions. Someone she once trusted, someone she believed fate had swept away forever. But now he had returned, not as a ghost from childhood, but as a threat walking boldly into her future.
