CHAPTER 425

Declan’s breath caught the instant he saw it.

There—on the screen—Valerie’s fingers slipped into her clutch, curling around something slender and metallic. A moment later, it caught the chandelier light.

A silver blade.

His heart slammed to a stop.

For a split second, he couldn’t move—couldn’t think.

Just frozen.

Watching a nightmare bloom in real time.

Then it hit him like a punch to the gut.

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