Chapter 4 - The Empty RoomBy midnight, the ballroom had become a storm of rumors.
News crews waited outside the gates.
Guests whispered about Julian's miracle.
Doctors called it impossible.
Investors called it extraordinary.
Victoria called it dangerous.
But Julian couldn't stop thinking about the man on the balcony.
He locked himself inside his study.
Lily sat across from him.
"Who gave you the vial?"
She lowered her eyes.
"I don't know."
"Your mother?"
Lily nodded.
"What happened to her?"
Silence.
Then Lily whispered:
"She disappeared."
Julian's expression hardened.
"When?"
"Three years ago."
"Did she leave anything?"
Lily reached into her pocket.
She produced an old photograph.
Julian stared at it.
There was Lily's mother.
And standing beside her—
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Was the same man from the balcony.
Julian felt the blood drain from his face.
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Chapter 5 - The Woman Who Wanted EverythingVictoria stood in front of the mirror in her bedroom.
Chapter 6 - The First CrackThe next morning, Julian walked through the Beaumont mansion.
Chapter 7 - The Man in the Black CoatThat night, the power went out.
Chapter 8 - The Secret Beneath Beaumont EstateJulian confronted Victoria.
Chapter 9 - Lily's TruthLily finally told Julian everything she remembered.
Chapter 10 - The Night Everything BurnedSeven years earlier, Julian's car had crashed on a mountain road.
