Chapter 28 - The Patriarch's Game
Clara backed away toward the library door, her hand instinctively reaching into her coat pocket for her phone.
"Don't be afraid, Clara," Victor said, standing up smoothly from his leather armchair.
"Everything I did... exposing Victoria at the wedding, taking down the Senator, giving you the company... was all part of his plan," Victor revealed.
"Whose plan?!" Clara yelled, her voice echoing through the quiet house.
"Your father's plan," Victor answered, walking toward a hidden wall panel beside the fireplace.
He pressed a biometric button, and the wall panel slid open to reveal a staircase leading deep underground.
"Your father didn't die twenty-five years ago either, Clara," Victor added, gesturing down into the darkness.
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"He's been waiting down here for you to finish the war."
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