Chapter 56: The Mask of Power
The next morning arrived draped in gray.
The storm had passed, but its silence lingered — heavy, deliberate, like the world was holding its breath.
Isla woke to the faint sound of movement downstairs, deep voices, the low clatter of footsteps, and Lorenzo’s unmistakable tone giving orders. She ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Icy Plunge
2. Chapter 2: breathe
3. Chapter 3: The Awakening
4. Chapters 4: unknown
5. Chapter 5: Shadows in the Night
6. Chapter 6: Unfinished Business 
7. Chapter 7: His Embrace
8. Chapter 8: The Hand
9. Chapter 9: The Fractured Truth
10. Chapter 10: The Price of Mercy
11. Chapter 11: The Morning After
12. Chapter 12: The Unwanted Flame
13. Chapter 13: Tangled Threads
14. Chapter 14: Unraveled
15. Chapter 15: Crossed Lines
16. Chapter 16: Threads and Mirrors
17. Chapter 17: mysterious drug
18. Chapter 18: mysterious drug
19. Chapter 19: Threads of Deception
20. Chapter 20: Boundaries
21. Chapter 21: The Edge of Control
22. Chapter 22: The Water Between Us
23. Chapter 23: Stripped of Silence
24. Chapter 24: The Monster or the Man
25. Chapter 25: Snowfall and Shadows
26. Chapter 26: Shadows at the Window
27. Chapter 27: Threads in the Snow
28. Chapter 28: Morning Shadows
29. Chapter 29: Morning Shadows
30. Chapter 30: Silent Roads
31. Chapter 31: The Passenger
32. Chapter 32: Shadows in the Garage
33. Chapter 33: Masks and Shadows
34. Chapter 34: Tangled Lines
35. Chapter 35: Shadows in White
36. Chapter 36: Close to Home
37. Chapter 37: The Return
38. Chapter 38: The Name That Shakes Walls
39. Chapter 39: Summoned
40. Chapter 40: Fractured Distance
41. Chapter 41: The Edge of Truth
42. Chapter 42: Shattered Lines
43. Chapter 43: The Line You Shouldn’t Cross
44. Chapter 44: Beneath the Snow
45. Chapter 45: The Assignment
46. Chapter 46: Assignment
47. Chapter 47: Snowflake
48. Chapter 48: Fracture Lines
49. Chapter 49: Oldhood City
50. Chapter 50: Beneath the Surface
51. Chapter 51: Oldhood City
52. Chapter 52: Between Wings and Silence
53. Chapter 53: The Enemy’s Eyes
54. Chapter 54: The Shadowed Morning
55. Chapter 55: Morning in Oldhood
56. Chapter 56: The Mask of Power
57. Chapter 57: The Warmth Between Us
58. Chapter 58: Morning in Oldhood
59. Chapter 59: When the Smoke Settles
60. Chapter 60: The Sound That Shattered the Snow
61. Chapter 61: Blood in the Snow
62. Chapter 62: Hostage and Hailfire
63. Chapter 63: The Nurse’s Edge
64. Chapter 64: The Weight of Gold
65. Chapter 65: The Mother’s Ghost
66. Chapter 66 : The Price of Truth
67. Chapter 67: The Poison That Sleeps
68. Chapter 68: Where Truth Cuts Deep
69. Chapter 69: The Blood Drain
70. Chapter 70: The Awakening
71. Chapter 71: Sarin and the Consiglier
72. Chapter 72: The Return to the Underworld
73. Chapter 73: Don’t Call Me Sir
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