Chapter 723

A cold wind moved through the dark.

Desmond stood beneath a streetlamp in his precisely tailored suit, his silhouette stretched long across the pavement, carrying a faint, unintentional loneliness.

"Dominic, you're here too?" He acknowledged his brother with a glance before looking past him toward Lydia, who stood a few steps away.

His throat tightened. "Lydia. I'd like to talk."

Lydia looked at h