Ares & Alina’s POV

Ares

The mansion looked different that night.

Not because of the golden chandeliers or the symphony echoing through its marble halls — but because, for the first time in years, there was warmth in it. Real warmth. The kind that came from laughter, from love, from peace that was fought for and finally earned.

The Sterling Legacy Gala was more than an event. It was a resurrection.

A chance to breathe life into everything the fire, the lies, and the past had tried to ...