Chapter 14 - The Heir Apparent
The blinding headlights painted long, distorted shadows across the weathered wooden planks of the pier, pinning Elena and Maya like helpless insects in the glare. Heavy car doors clicked open in unison, and the sound of measured, expensive leather footsteps echoed against the ground. Elena instinctively pulled Maya behind her, shielding the young girl with her own battered body as she squinted into the glaring lights. Out of the lead sedan stepped a tall, imposing figure clad in an immaculate charcoal-grey suit, his silver-streaked hair slicked back with ruthless precision and a cold, calculating smile playing across his clean-shaven face.
It wasn't Marcus. It was Arthur Blackwood—the estranged
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