Chapter 78 Getting Ready
Elena’s POV
The morning of the gala arrived with a pale, thin light that seemed to stretch across the mansion floors like a warning. I moved through the quiet corridors, performing the same tasks I have done for 30 years. I pressed the linens. I prepared the tea trays. I organized the chaotic mess o...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Death of a Dream
2. Chapter 2 The Devil's Lifeline
3. Chapter 3 The King in the Shadows
4. Chapter 4 The Ferrari Rescue
5. Chapter 5 The House of Wolves
6. Chapter 6 The Brother's Game
7. Chapter 7 The Watcher's Confession
8. Chapter 8 The Maid's Warning
9. Chapter 9 The Poisoned Tea
10. Chapter 10 The Forbidden East Wing
11. Chapter 11 The Secret in the Journal
12. Chapter 12 The Boy in the Walls
13. Chapter 13 The Digital Proof
14. Chapter 14 The Hunter Becomes the Prey
15. Chapter 15 Four Minutes
16. Chapter 16 What the Blood Knows
17. Chapter 17 The Grandmother's Arrival
18. Chapter 18 The Queen's Gambit
19. Chapter 19 The Cost of the Cure
20. Chapter 20 The Spy in the Suit
21. Chapter 21 The Second Network
22. Chapter 22 The Passage Meeting
23. Chapter 23 The Stolen Crown
24. Chapter 24 The First Sketch
25. Chapter 25 The Women Who Came Before
26. Chapter 26 The Hidden Studio
27. Chapter 27 The Note
28. Chapter 28 The Undercover Asset
29. Chapter 29 The Poison Diary
30. Chapter 30 The Watcher Watched
31. Chapter 31 Radio Silence
32. Chapter 32 The Reckoning
33. Chapter 33 The Rescue Plan
34. Chapter 34 Daisy Comes Home
35. Chapter 35 The Stolen Sketchbook
36. Chapter 36 The Mask Comes Off
37. Chapter 37 The Slow Cure
38. Chapter 38 The Brothers' Move
39. Chapter 39 The Alliance
40. Chapter 40 The Silent Warrior
41. Chapter 41 The Diary Conversation
42. Chapter 42 The Maid's Other Life
43. Chapter 43 The Puppet and the Hand
44. Chapter 44 The Name Behind the Name
45. Chapter 45 The Second Betrayal
46. Chapter 46 Rosa's Truth
47. Chapter 47 Turning the Weapon
48. Chapter 48 The Fashion Week Invitation
49. Chapter 49 The Building That Burned
50. Chapter 50 What the Archive Holds
51. Chapter 51 Clara's Letter
52. Chapter 52 The Room Below
53. Chapter 53 The Original Collection
54. Chapter 54 The Inheritance
55. Chapter 55 The Preview Night
56. Chapter 56 The Smile Across the Room
57. Chapter 57 The Breach
58. Chapter 58 The Oldest Loyalty
59. Chapter 59 The Weapon
60. Chapter 60 The Judge
61. Chapter 61 The Witness
62. Chapter 62 Chloe Returns
63. Chapter 63 The Source
64. Chapter 64 The Controlled Leak
65. Chapter 65 Webb Makes His Move
66. Chapter 66 The Counter Trap
67. Chapter 67 The Grandmother’s Secret
68. Chapter 68 What Grandmother Knew
69. Chapter 69 Webb Breaks
70. Chapter 70 The Eve of Everything
71. Chapter 71 The Thing That Belongs To You
72. Chapter 72 The Year He Spent Looking
73. Chapter 73 The Night Before Fire
74. Chapter 74 The Double Agent
75. Chapter 75 The Dead Man
76. Chapter 76 Sophia’s Reckoning
77. Chapter 77 The Morning of the Gala
78. Chapter 78 Getting Ready
79. Chapter 79 The Brother's Last Move
80. Chapter 80 The Gala Begins
81. Chapter 81 Father and Son
82. Chapter 82 The Real Marcus
83. Chapter 83 Surface Calm
84. Chapter 84 Adam’s Opening Move
85. Chapter 85 THE NINETEEN MINUTES
86. Chapter 86 The Stage is Set
87. Chapter 87 The Flicker
88. Chapter 88 Rosa's Choice
89. Chapter 89 Harrison Moves
90. Chapter 90 The Envelope
91. Chapter 91 The Father’s Strategy
92. Chapter 92 Brittany’s Counter
93. Chapter 93 Leo’s Finest Hour
94. Chapter 94 The Blackout
95. Chapter 95 The Judge Takes the Stage
96. Chapter 96 The Room Reacts
97. Chapter 97 Crane Holds Arthur
98. Chapter 98 Harrison Enters
99. Chapter 99 Every Screen
100. Chapter 100 The Jammer
101. Chapter 101 The Room Goes Quiet
102. Chapter 102 The Chase
103. Chapter 103 The Roof
104. Chapter 104 What Adam Knows
105. Chapter 105 Adam Falls
106. Chapter 106 Bianca and Grandmother
107. Chapter 107 The Second Letter
108. Chapter 108 What Webb Was Supposed To Do
109. Chapter 109 Harrison on the Screens
110. Chapter 110 The Performance Ends
111. Chapter 111 The Prosecutor
112. Chapter 112 Marcus Was Always Two Things
113. Chapter 113 The Hospital
114. Chapter 114 Inside Saint Catherine's
115. Chapter 115 Secured
116. Chapter 116 Where Webb Went
117. Chapter 117 The Archive Room
118. Chapter 118 The Second Witness
119. Chapter 119 The Name Webb Said
120. Chapter 120 Leo Learns His Name
121. Chapter 121 Ten Minutes
122. Chapter 122 The Legal Ambush
123. Chapter 123 Crane at the Microphone
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