KANE

The air outside was crisp, but for the first time in days, it didn't feel like it was choking me. The two-week deadline was a gamble by Rohan, but it was a gamble I was born to win. I pulled into the driveway, the headlights of the car sweeping across the stone facade of the manor. I felt a strange surge of optimism. Two weeks to secure the throne. Two weeks to end this nightmare for Aria.

I stepped into the foyer and was met by the usual suffocating silence of the estate, but I didn't ...