Chapter 14 - THE WOMAN IN THE FOGMaria stood among the trees.
She wasn't alone.
Two men stood behind her.
But Maria's eyes were fixed on Ethan.
“You should have stayed away.”
Ethan stepped forward.
“You tried to murder my father.”
Maria smiled faintly.
“And he survived.”
“You lost.”
“No.”
Her smile disappeared.
“I lost a husband.”
She looked toward the lodge.
“But I haven't lost everything.”
Police sirens sounded in the distance.
Maria's men fled.
Maria remained.
Detective Carter stepped from behind the trees.
“Maria Hayes, you're under arrest.”
For the first time, she looked truly defeated.
But as Carter placed handcuffs on her, Maria leaned toward Ethan.
“You think this ends with me?”
Ethan said nothing.
She whispered:
“Ask your father who really ordered the coffin.”
Then she was taken away.
Ethan stood in the fog.
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For the first time, he wondered whether Maria had been the mastermind—
or merely the most visible piece of something much larger.
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