HE WOKE UP PARALYZED INSIDE HIS OWN COFFIN… THEN HEARD HIS WIFE CELEBRATE HIS CREMATION

ceremonially, but completely—because he never wanted it to exist again in any form.

The courtroom was packed.

Sophia entered in a gray suit, hair pulled back, face pale but composed. She looked less like a grieving widow and more like someone furious that the narrative had escaped her control. Julian looked worse—thinner, shaking, avoiding Alexander’s continue reading …