Chapter 7 - THE INTERCEPTIONHeavy footsteps thundered across the marble floor.
Evelyn's hand was already descending.
Then a powerful arm appeared.
Julian caught her wrist inches from Clara's face.
“Mother.”
His voice was terrifyingly calm.
“STOP.”
Evelyn stared at him.
Julian's jaw tightened.
His eyes moved from her raised hand to Clara's terrified expression.
Then to his son.
Something inside him broke.
“What were you about to do?”
Evelyn pulled against his grip.
“Julian, listen to me—”
“No.”
His voice echoed through the room.
For the first time in years, Evelyn looked afraid of her own son.
“You were going to hit my wife.”
“I was trying to protect Leo!”
“By hitting his mother?”
Silence.
Julian released her wrist.
But he did not step away.
He stood between Evelyn and his family.
A wall.
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A warning.
A son who had finally realized what his mother was capable of.
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