ra
ty he was about to lose. "Arthur, pull up Elara Vance's account. Now.
r end of the line, followed by the
hear the blood pounding in my own
nuckles white. Marcus's brow was furrowed; even he seemed
nged with confusion. "According to the sys
oze on his face. "What do y
ll five-year transaction history. Not a single cent has been deposited int
oom. "Five years?" "Not a single ce
uck by lightning. He stared at m
, my expression uncha
the money go?" he yelled into the phone. "The budget
. This one was longer, he
," Ethan commanded
"the records show that for the past five years, the fu
han whispered, dread c
his voice a neutral bomb. "Furthermore, Miss Isabelle's own allow
mb det
undred pairs of eyes moving from me to Isabelle and her parents. They were no longer looking at
arm, real tears, for once, streaming down her face. "I didn't know.
er off. He looked at the weeping girl he had
bling with the first cracks of a shatter
rage, but he was trapped. He couldn't deny
money out there," she stammered, the excuse pathetic and obscene. "And
h disappointment. "A young woman, spent five years alone in
h and fairness, lay in glittering shards on the f
was so proud of, the justice he believed t
ly branded a "gold-digging leech." Standing there in my cl
ng. A spectator at the glorious implosion of my own
t was a physical force, slamme
e phone. "Arthur Foster! Who gave you the autho
the knife. "The Alpha's heir, sir. He com
er was
weapon. I had simply sho
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