Chapter 7 - The Inheritance Secret
By 2:00 AM, the mansion was quiet again, wrapped in the heavy stillness of midnight.
Julian sat in the nursery, holding a sleeping Leo while Clara tended to his arm wounds.
"Why did you risk your life to save him, Clara?" Julian asked gently, looking up at her.
"Because Eleanor was my older sister, Julian," Clara revealed softly, taking a deep breath.
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Julian stared at her in utter shock, his breath catching in his throat.
"She sent me here under a fake identity to protect Leo from Victoria," Clara explained quietly.
