Xavier POV

Every secret burns twice….the first time when it’s made, and the second when someone finds it.

The night outside my window looked endless the kind of darkness that doesn’t feel empty, just waiting.

And in that quiet waiting, I could hear my father’s empire shifting again.

Every time I thought I’d mapped his moves, Charles found another path. Another lie, Another person to destroy.

And now, apparently, another ghost which was Tatiana.

I stared at the encrypted chat logs Luca ...