THE MAFIA BOSS WENT COMPLETELY STILL WHEN A LITTLE GIRL ENTERED HIS MANSION AND SAID, “MY MOM COULDN’T COME TODAY…”

message, almost erased by folds and pressure—was a second line he had missed.

Ask Clara what really happened to Elena.

Lucas slowly turned toward Clara.

She saw the paper in his hand.

And her face changed.

The fear didn’t increase.

It stopped.

Completely.

In that instant, Lucas Blackwood understood with brutal clarity:

Clara Carter had not simply walked into continue reading …