Chapter 60

ADRIAN'S POV

The confrontation had shifted the air around us, heavy with history and unspoken threats. I didn’t move immediately after leaving the room, my boots echoing softly on the marble floor as I paused in the hallway. Each sound—the faint hum of the security system, the shuffle of distant guards, the soft patter of rain on the roof—reminded me of what was at stake. My father’s empire was vast, intricate, a spiderweb of loyalty and fear. Every step I took had to ...